I do not know the exact years that they were used, so I can not be sure,
but I would assume that she has a vented oil cap and you do not.
maybe one of our fellow listers can verify this for me.
-JW
At 04:07 PM 11/22/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>I was doing a bit of work on a friend's 80 MGB
>today (replaced valve cover gasket, adjusted rear
>brakes).
>
>Her car has a different oil filler cap from my 76
>(it's really the same looking, just much taller -
>they're both the variety that lists names of oils
>in a circle).
>
>The problem: there is smoke coming from around the
>filler cap. I know that vapors move around inside
>the valve cover, but I've never seen them seep out
>on my B. Anyone know what causes this and how to
>fix it?
>
>Thanks.
John Walker
john@rmartin.net
drone@d23.com
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