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Posted on Jul 22, 2008

My catera has milky creamy stuff inside the oil, every warning light is on, but now it doesn't start at all, There's also alot of loose wires

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There is water in your oil i am not sure how to get it out you might try to change the oil but i am not sure if that will help or not but i do know for sure that you have water in your oil

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