Well I sort of made a PCV valve setup. Before, the PO just plugged that side of the valve cover with a rubber plug and has the port on the carb plugged also. I was getting a lot of oil on the drivers side valve cover so I got creative and made a temporary PCV. I took some hose and routed from the pass. side valve cover down the side of the pass. side engine bay. I figured this way the gasses would at least be able to escape.

So I check my oil filler breather cap on the drivers side valve cover and notice a lot of white crap building up. Why is that happening? I checked the dipstick and there is no white crap in my oil which I just changed. There was also white **** forming in the tube I made.

 

You have moisture in you oil.Something somewhere has got a leak.

 

let's hope you didn't blow a gasket, cause it kinda sound like water got into your oil

 

yeah mayo is a bad sign i need my head skimmed on my citroen Ax when that occured

 

Don't freak out, it is probably just moisture escaping from your motor and condensing in the "cooler" tube/hose assy.

The moisture is probably a result of combustion by-proudcts (water, acids, and other chemicals) getting into the crankcase via normal blow-by. This moisture is being "evaporated" from your oil when it gets hot.

The way you have your crankcase ventilation set up right now, there is no moving air (very little moving air, the only "flow" being created from blow-by) to expell this moisture and other chemicals.

Your car really needs a positive form of crankcase ventilation, with the best systembeing a properly operating PCV setup.

Cheap, effective, and clean.

It is possible that you have a coolant leak into your oil, but you really wont be able to tell (from the discharge) until you fix the ventilation, and change your oil.

BTW, the "condensation" issue will be agrivated by cold temperatures.

 

That's what I wanted to hear JMD! I guess I wasn't so creative afterall

 

yah. if it looks like someone j*rked off in your engine oil it usually means a blown head gasket
So either that our your contraption is pulling moisture/humidty into your engine.
So if you're lucky enough to have not a head gasket problem, change the oil and
either put in a correct hose (from carb to valve cover) or temporarly plug a 2nd breather on passenger side valve cover and plug the end of the carb.

if it's just started to happen the signs are it was your contraption and not a gasket

pray ....

 

Ya I figured it was moisture from my setup because it never has done that before. And there was a lot of water in the oil filler cap also. I've only put on like 50-60 miles on my new oil change since I made that setup, do I really need to change my oil again???

 

Can't hurt to change your oil considering how harmful that water can potentially be. The creative setup that you had is exactly what was done in the 50's before the PCV system was created. That got changed for a reason, although the primary cause was just the amount of pollution it causes. A PCV setup or a breather are both cheap and require nothing more than a quick trip to Autozone. It's $50 at most to getall the right stuff and thatoutweighs the alternative by a lot in my opinion.

 

probably not, you will continue to get moisture for a while, untill all of the acumulated condensation evaporates.

You might want to pull the drain plug briefly to see if you have coolant in the bottom of the pan, I don't think you will, but it might be worth some peace of mind though. Let the car sit for as long as possible before draining off the bottom of the pan so any water that might be in the oil will not mix with the oil.

If you have an apreciable amount of water in your oil, it will come out first, so you only need to let the oil out for a very brief period. Even if your issue is only condensation, you might still have a little acumulation in the pan, especially if you make a lot of short trips in a cold climate, where the motor does not really warm up.

I would say that if your oil is not milky on the stick, condensation is probably your issue.