Its common when cars are not run for a few miles after being started, If you
statr the car and let it run for a few minutes , Short trips ect, You end up
with the build up. You will always get some condensation where the temps
drop or you have high humidity.
But running the car for 30 or so minutes usally keeps this under control.
The PO may have been using it for 2 minute trips to the store and shutting
it down, Not giving it a chance to rid its self of old condensation. Carl
E.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lancer7676@aol.com <Lancer7676@aol.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 10:22 AM
Subject: Choke and Water in Valve Cover.
>Hey LBCers:
>
>I have a comment and a concern. First the comment. I have a '79 Midget
with
>a detoxed 1500 engine sporting a Weber downdraft carb. About a month ago I
>subbed the automatic electric choke for a manual choke--That was ok, but
the
>angle at which I had to run the cable never offered a really smooth
operation
>of the choke--it seemed to never be truly open when the Choke knob was
pulled
>all the way back. The knob mount was a problem as well, short of drilling
an
>obscene hole in the dash. Anyway, yesterday I removed the manual choke and
>reinstalled the automatic--Now the car starts, idles, and runs much
smoother
>than it did with the manual. Just a note I am passing along for anyone
>thinking about making that conversion.
>
>Now the concern: When I pulled the Oil Filler cap to pour in a quart of
oil
>(Castrol 20w50), I found the cap and the filler hole all gummed up with a
>gray, thick oil/water mixture. Somewhat alarmed, I rechecked the oil in
the
>cranckcase--it was just fine--a little dirty oil but still all oil--no
water
>there. Pulled the radiator fill screw--just fine--a mite low--added
>antifreeze to top up--but no oil there. Whew! Pulled the Rocker
Cover--No
>gray oil/water gum on the rockers at all, but coating the inside of the
cover
>was a 1/4" thick layer of the gum--also gummed up the tube running from the
>cover to the Weber carb. One mechanic said it was due to condensation--we
>have had a dreadfully warm and moist winter (winter?) here in TN and the
moist
>air is sucked into the engine, then when it gets colder at night the vapor
>condenses on the inside of the rocker cover, mixes with oil and coats the
>inside of the cover and filler cap. He said not to worry about it--just
run
>the car--get it hot and it would revert back. I did clean it out--blew
out
>the holes with compressed air and sprayed with carb cleaner to wash all the
>crap out.
>
>Anybody have any experience with this phenomenom? Any need to worry? Just
>forget it and let it go? Thanks for any ideas.
>
>--David
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