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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: hamradio on November 13, 2007, 05:39:36 pm

Title: Smoke from oil cap
Post by: hamradio on November 13, 2007, 05:39:36 pm

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?

Title: Smoke from oil cap
Post by: burn_your_money on November 13, 2007, 09:17:27 pm

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

Title: Smoke from oil cap
Post by: silvertdi on November 15, 2007, 05:38:52 pm

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.

Title: Smoke from oil cap
Post by: jtanguay on November 15, 2007, 07:18:25 pm

Quote from: "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.

same here. i'm not overly worried.

Title: Smoke from oil cap
Post by: akrallysport on November 15, 2007, 07:50:29 pm

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