# 1997 Nissan Pathfinder - Oil cap cheese

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-nissan-pathfinder-oil-cap-cheese/149252>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan\
**Created:** [September 22, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-nissan-pathfinder-oil-cap-cheese/149252 "2019-09-22T06:15:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mario10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Mario10](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mario10)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-nissan-pathfinder-oil-cap-cheese/149252/1 "2019-09-22T06:15:13Z")

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Why does my oil cap have a bunch of cottage cheese in it

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1997-nissan-pathfinder-oil-cap-cheese/149252/2 "2019-09-22T10:03:28Z")

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Because you do really short trips, the engine doesn’t get warm enough to evaporate the condensation in the engine, you need to change your oil more often.

Or you have coolant getting into the oil.