MK4 Used volkswagen golfs? head gasket creamy substance?

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Hi, recently, I went to this car well, in a dodgy car park kind of place, where this guy has 5 golfs for sale, all around 1998-1999 .. varied mileage ranging from 80k to 160k!... one diesel, the rest, 1.6 and 1.4 ones, now the thing is, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, i take the oil filler cap off and there's that creamy substance, so my guess is engine damage - head gasket!... Am i right or wrong? cause i saw this same thing on another golf too
PLEASE ONLY ANSWER IF YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE IN REGARDS TO HEAD GASKETS AND MECHANICS... i'm just confused how 6 golfs have the same issue, however, every other car i look at hasn't got it...

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If the cars are not used much recently and when they are started they are not left to run for long, or are not driven far, condensation can form in the engine that makes the "mayonnaise" in the same way as water introduced from a blown head will do.
In conclusion - in this case this does not mean they have blown heads. You need to make other checks like coolant loss after a test drive and/or overheating and/or oil in the water to be sure.
 
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