Oil cap condensation?
01-11-2010, 11:03 AM
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Oil cap condensation? has anyone gotten condensation in their oil cap that almost made it look like a blown head gasket only to drain the oil and have it come out fine? its really the only thing that i can think of being the reason for the milky cap.
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01-11-2010, 03:00 PM
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haha its not even my car, well not anymore. its my g/fs now (me being the mechanic was included in the sale apparently lol) thanks guys, i wouldve felt bad telling her that her car was going to be down until i came home from iraq haha
01-12-2010, 08:50 AM
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Good damn that a relief. I just rebuilt my engine and i saw that on the oil cap. Its good to hear that its just a some condensation. I was about to head over to my engine rebuilders house and raise hell. Now thats solved i gotta go find out WTF is goin on with my 4800-5200 rpm miss....
01-12-2010, 02:46 PM
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I know what you've read is what you were hoping for, but I disagree that it's "normal". But I'll hold off on going farther until the other shoe drops.
In the meantime, I suggest you pressure check the cooling system with the pressure testing tool borrowed from AutoZone, O'Reilly's, etc. to head off killing your bearings.
Jake
In the meantime, I suggest you pressure check the cooling system with the pressure testing tool borrowed from AutoZone, O'Reilly's, etc. to head off killing your bearings.
Jake
01-13-2010, 02:06 PM
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The flip side of that coin is neither my 388 LT1, my previous 355, my 415 L98 nor my son's 96 LT1 (just to name a few) ever had that issue and that's not to mention all the other engines I've built and worked on. So, for me, it's not "normal".
My thinking, and the way I approach issues like these, is it's better to test to be sure rather than to assume it's "normal".
My thinking also makes me wonder why it is that I see so many posts about spun rod bearings on all the Forums I visit. Could this be one possible cause and that the engine's trying to tell something but no one's listening?
Of course those who are experiencing this condition can choose to write it off and ignore it. It's just I wouldn't.
I'm just trying to help by giving the best advice I can, not start a fight over this.
Jake
My thinking, and the way I approach issues like these, is it's better to test to be sure rather than to assume it's "normal".
My thinking also makes me wonder why it is that I see so many posts about spun rod bearings on all the Forums I visit. Could this be one possible cause and that the engine's trying to tell something but no one's listening?
Of course those who are experiencing this condition can choose to write it off and ignore it. It's just I wouldn't.
I'm just trying to help by giving the best advice I can, not start a fight over this.
Jake
01-13-2010, 02:20 PM
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Or it could be the fact we live in humid climates.
I'm willing to bet that when I get back from Iraq here in may and I pop my Oil Cap off of my Car and my Truck that it will be milky looking..and they both went in to the Storage Unit running flawlessely.
It's looked like that every other time I have gone..
I'm willing to bet that when I get back from Iraq here in may and I pop my Oil Cap off of my Car and my Truck that it will be milky looking..and they both went in to the Storage Unit running flawlessely.
It's looked like that every other time I have gone..
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