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Old 11-14-2011, 11:42 AM
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Pulled my pan today to change out the gasket and noticed some condensation oil mix where the main block vent goes up to the valve cover. Anyone else have issues like this with there vented setups?
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Yes I have this happen every once and a while. As a matter of fact the first couple times I noticed it I freaked out and thought that I blew my head gasket! Then I realized that I just vented the motor and calmed down, hahaha!
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Yeah it bothers me even though its never been an issue. Probably exacerbated by cold temperatures outside
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Yes the colder it gets the more I see. It seems to evaporate as the engine warms up though.
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the weather plays a big factor.
in arizona i hardly never emptied my catch can here in the northeast when it starts getting cold its filled with condenstation

placement of you can will cuase a great deal pain in a closed loop system
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Default Re: Condensation in oil pan from vented valve cover

yeah id say its normal. i get it on the inside of my breather hoses in the cold
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just make sure the motor sees full operating temps for decent amounts of time to evaporate it all off.
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