What I did today was put a switch between the clutch pedal wires so I could turn the remote start function on and off and still keep my cruise control. Does the t-3650 have a neutral safety switch built in????
This doesnt look natural...
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What I did today was put a switch between the clutch pedal wires so I could turn the remote start function on and off and still keep my cruise control. Does the t-3650 have a neutral safety switch built in????
chini42
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No it doesnt. I was talking about Compustar's remote start. On their unit it needs to see that the car is in park using a ground connection before it will activate.
What you did is fine, so long as you remember to flip the switch. You can use a relay to send out a trigger that will temporarily ground out the clutch switch when the remote start is activating, so the car thinks that the clutch is being pushed in. It doesnt take long to wire up and this way you wont have to flip a switch to go between remote start and cruise control. After the starter is done, the relay will open and the clutch switch will function as normal. Either way is fine, the relay just gives you one less thing to worry about.
StangYellow
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Its water. Check to make sure the rest of your oil doesnt look like this too. Make sure it doesnt smell like antifreeze too. If its just under the cap, i wouldnt worry about it, unless you see a serious amount of this stuff under the cap. A little I can see, a handful of it collected at the top isnt normal.
Skidzz
Tinkerbell
That is just the oil going milky white do to not letting it warm up at proper operating temperatures before driving,basically condensation build up,or the opposite,Pre mature warm up,continuous rev holding to warm up the engine faster,and quicker,and when it cools down in the cold,that is what you get.
So if you are....starting stang,drive to destination,turn off stang, with no warm up when you first start it,then shut it off just as the engine is getting warm,this is the end sesult,especially when the temps out side get colder.Doing this continuously,will obviously leave you what you see right know in those pics.
Or sitting and holding the throttle to warm it up quicker.
Short trips in the cold is the worst on the engine,it doesn't allow time for the engine to warm up to temp "properly".It's like putting a fresh hot meal in the fridge,what happens,it starts to condensate once it hits the cold.So similar situation in one way.LOL!
Up here in the GREAT WHITE NORTH,Canada,you will see that threwout the winter in many cars/trucks.The first time i saw that with my first vehicle in the winter,i was like wtf,and my mechanic at the time explained to me the cause,so now i let my cars warm up a bit before driving,and i get to work a bit ealier,and let the car idle a tad more (since my job is 5 minutes away),this way it allows the engine to get to it's proper temp,and run at proper temp for a bit,then i will shut it off.And i have not seen that issue ever again since doing that.
No matter what oil brand you use,this will continue to happen.
I'm not saying this is what you are doing,but may be part of the reason.
Nice diagnosis man. I've never seen this before.
Very common to see that. I can't say I've seen it quite that thick, however. I would suggest checking that cap and wiping it off a little more often, and follow the advice of others in the thread.. get that oil to proper operating temp more often before shutting down. At the least, drive it on the highway 10-15 minutes a week just to flash the contaminates like water and gas out.
I never see that here in AZ, but took a month long trip to Wisconsin last summer, and had the white stuff (on my van) within a few days.
I never see that here in AZ, but took a month long trip to Wisconsin last summer, and had the white stuff (on my van) within a few days.
I beleive so.
You could tap into that and wire it in such a way that the car will only start if the trans is in nuetral.
I beleive the neutral switch is only used by the EEC to tell it to dump codes. It also may cut the cruise control out if the stick is pushed into neutral. I have not confirmed this however as nobody i know is willing to push into neutral with the CC on for me (and I won't do it either
)BTW, some 99+ Mustangs take 5 quarts and some take 6. I beleive it depends on the year as there were different sized pans. I think 99-00 were 5 quart and 01+ were 6. My 2003 takes 6 quarts. I kinda wish it was a 5-quart.....cheaper oil changes!!!
that looks pretty bad and is indeed water in the oil... hopefully it is condensation and not a coolant leak.
I had a car (olds) with this problem, had it diagnosed and a mechanic intstalled a new head (DOHC 4). Problem persisted... I was pissed and went through everything on my own to find that the waterpump was the problem. I felt pretty crappy having spent 1400 on a head when a $30 water pump was the problem.
I had a car (olds) with this problem, had it diagnosed and a mechanic intstalled a new head (DOHC 4). Problem persisted... I was pissed and went through everything on my own to find that the waterpump was the problem. I felt pretty crappy having spent 1400 on a head when a $30 water pump was the problem.
1low03gt
20+ Year Stangneter 
Yeah your right. That is not normal under any circumstances.
Come to the great white north at this time of year,and you will see how normal it is with most around here
.LOL!!
