moisture under oil cap- might have problem
03-07-2009, 11:35 AM
#1
moisture under oil cap- might have problem since i got my headers done i noticed ive been creating some whites smoke out of the exhaust. i looked up some articles and it said if you running rich you would get black smoke, so it got me thinking. this is what i noticed just now.
-white smoke out of exhaust. not alot, very minimal. occurs more often during cold starts though
-moisture under oil cap
-yellow, snot like material in oil filler tube and on oil cap
-coolant resivor is full. color looks normal.
-when i idle the car with the radiator cap off, if you look close enough there is some white smoke coming of
so what could be creating white smoke and moisture under the oil cap?
-white smoke out of exhaust. not alot, very minimal. occurs more often during cold starts though
-moisture under oil cap
-yellow, snot like material in oil filler tube and on oil cap
-coolant resivor is full. color looks normal.
-when i idle the car with the radiator cap off, if you look close enough there is some white smoke coming of
so what could be creating white smoke and moisture under the oil cap?
03-07-2009, 12:24 PM
#5
for one, if you are getting water in your oil, you arent going to get white smoke, thats ONLY if you are burning coolant
you live in new york, where its cold, its probably just condensation building up
i can tell you this, my car smokes more than any other car on the road (when its cold out) and has always freaked me out, but im not burning any coolant
you live in new york, where its cold, its probably just condensation building up
i can tell you this, my car smokes more than any other car on the road (when its cold out) and has always freaked me out, but im not burning any coolant
03-07-2009, 01:02 PM
#6
You should be just fine. Next time you drive along enough, like 20 minutes, take the oil fill cap off and see if that stuff is all gone. Sounds like condensation in the crankcase from sitting, its normal. Water coming out the pipes, while it can mean a dropped sleeve in a sleeved engine or a blown head gasket in any engine, is also probably condensation.
03-07-2009, 02:08 PM
#7
thanks for the response all. yea, i noticed last summer i was never smoking so i figured it was just the cold weather. i think the smell from running rich coupled with white smoke had me freaked out and all. overall, the car drives fine except for a noisy spec TOB.
