Smoke from oil cap

[hamradio]

Ok,
On my 1.6na, after running a few secs and shutting down, a little smoke comes out when the oil cap is removed.  I'm not real concerned about this.  I removed the oil cap, while it was idling for about 30 secs previous to that and a cold start, and a fair bit of smoke was coming out.  Not billowing or anything, but a good bit of smoke was coming out.  I don't think my car really uses any oil (previous to the head gasket leaking), and it has never runaway.  How bad is this?

[burn_your_money]

Plan on a rebuild in the next 60k miles or so

[silvertdi]

Are you talking about the smoke that comes out of the oil cap opening when the engine is off after its been running, or is this something different?  When I shut my car off to add oil a lot of "smoke" comes out of the oil cap opening.

[jtanguay]

Are you talking about the smoke that comes out of the oil cap opening when the engine is off after its been running, or is this something different?  When I shut my car off to add oil a lot of "smoke" comes out of the oil cap opening.

same here. i'm not overly worried.

[akrallysport]

same here... considering the heat produced by internal combustion engines, and the temp difference from ambient air, I'm not surprised.