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Re: Smoking 5KCSTQ ??
On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Michael Spiers wrote:
> > Hey, come on now, let's not scare the fellow too much. If the cap had to be
> > left loose to run, or was leaking badly like the old one, it COULD be
> > condensation causing the oil/water emulsion on the underside of the cap.
>
> Indeed. I went with the assumption that his commute was the same as mine, and
> my commute is an hour long, plenty of time to warm up. I've also never seen
> (doesn't mean it doens't happen!) the milky stuff from condensation (although
> I've heard of it,) every time I've seen it it's 'cuz of a head gasket that gave
> up the ghost...
>
The fact that the 'smoke' pretty much went away after the oil filler cap
was removed kinda clinches the fact the head gasket is OK though...
Bob
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