Who said anything about ripping into the engine?

It's testing time. It's not assuming time.

 

I purchased one and three days later I return the jeep. I posted what I found when I had it. What didn't post on my last reply was my editing which got lost in space. When I had the valve cover off looking from the oil fill hole to the rear of the cover was laced with emulsified oil on the inside of the cover.

 

Clean the residue off, and when you drive make sure the engine at minimum gets up to temp before you shut it off. As others have said with it just on the dipstick and oil cap. It is more than likely just from shirt trip driving and not letting the engine fully warm up.

 

Check your crankcase ventilation system!!!!

 

My Jeep runs great, and doesn't use any oil, and goes like hell !! About 170k miles on it now. Only things I've had to address are the leaky oil filter adapter gasket, a new water pump & radiator & heater hoses, trans oil change etc..the usual maintenance items.
When I got it, I replaced spark plugs, wires, cap & rotor, and replaced the radio with a Pioneer CD type.
Not a whole lot of issues with it. The milk on the dipstick has been there for about 6 months..
When pulling the dip stick, the moisture appears to be running down from the top of the dip stick, towards the bottom end....weird for sure...

 

Not so weird, if it is from condensation the moisture will condense at the coolest part of the engine, which would probably be the upper end of the dipstick. This point will definitely cool faster once the engine is turned off, once it gets water up at the top, it is going go run down towards the oil pan.

 

I was basing my reply on the direction you were going in your posts #2 and #7.

"Face it now, or face it later"
"Milky oil" (The OP said his oil wasn't milky upon draining)
"Blown head gasket likely"
"Bearing damage"

I agree he needs to test to make sure. But not hit the panic button just yet.

 

I would check the crankcase ventilation then get the oil checked.
drive the jeep once a week for a hour at minimum.

 

Gets the oil all blousey.

 

At least he put the "r" in there.

 

When I checked the oil filler cap on the rocker cover yesterday, there was none of the milky stuff on it, and I replaced the PCV valve last year when I bought it.

Only thing that may need attention is the oil sheen on the rear area of the block, which may be the gasket on the rocker/valve cover...

My wife claimed it after the first time she drove it, and drives it every day, and usually 10 to 15 miles to get where she usually goes, so it does get up to operating temp each time it's on the road.

Thanks for a the replies !

 

That's probably not enough time to drive out all the moisture.

I've read it takes 20 minutes to get the moisture out. Other sources say 30.

You need to give that thing an hour run once a week.

 

Referencing post #26, neither of my Cherokees had a PCV valve.

 

OP, I would also change the oil immediately, X2.
i don't know why I did not state that first.
what worries me though is if its excessive oil that is present, what is causing the presence in the first place.
you need to investigate further and describe your findings in detail so others can help.

 

The oil was changed recently, and that's when I noticed that the drained oil looked normal, like no milky stuff anywhere except on the dip stick.

I cleaned out the dip stick tube, so I'll be able to monitor what is going on with it....