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smoke from the oil filler? -winter wake up

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Pulled my pony out of the garage from the winter today and got her up and running. She seemed to run like a champ but after a good 10-15mins of solid idle time it seemed to be letting out a little white smoke out of the oil filler tube? Exhaust didn't seem to show any signs of any white smoke besides the first maybe 2-3 mins. Any idea what would cause this white smoke to come from the oil filler? If I'm using the wrong term its the tube that comes up from the passenger side valve cover. It currently has a filter kind of deal at the top? Is it just her waking back up and burning off the nasties? I'd like to get some opinions before I take her out for a spin.

Car is an 89lx w/ a 91 gt motor swapped in. It has about 90k on the clock and starts turn key every day. This is the first time of starting in about 6-7 months probably (winter sucked). Any ideas or am I just being over cautious?
 
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burning out the condensation maybe?

Try changing the oil and see what happens..
 

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You really shouldn't let it sit for that long with out running it. At least go out and fire it up and let it idle for a couple minutes every few weeks, it helps recirculate the oil and keep all the internal parts coated.
 
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For a better idea of what I'm talking about I felt a picture could hopefully help. I plan on changing the oil in the next 2 days or so and seeing how it turns out. The photo is from the passenger side of the car looking under the hood. Any ideas?

Yes, I know starting it up often is preferred but it doesn't always work out that way. I try to do it as often as I can.

 

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You are aware that running that breather like that creates a big vaccuum leak? Pulls air right through that filter into the vaccuum line that goes right into the throttle body.
 
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I was not aware of that actually as it was like that when I got the car... So you suggest replacing it with a cap of some sort? I would have figured if it was a huge issue I would have noticed by now. The car idles at a perfect 850ish and never seems to studder or anything. Any insight into why smoke(or steam?) would come out of there when idling? I don't really know much about the engine but I figure any kind of smoke is typically not a good sign, just hoping someone has seen this before.
 

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I would put a stock cap back on. And it could be condensation burning off. I would assume having an open breather like that would allow quite a bit of moisture into the engine.
 

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strtrcr50 said:
I would put a stock cap back on. And it could be condensation burning off. I would assume having an open breather like that would allow quite a bit of moisture into the engine.
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that is prolly what it is. I wouldnt run it like that anymore change your oil if it still does it I would say it is blowby
 
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mustangfan1990 said:
that is prolly what it is. I wouldnt run it like that anymore change your oil if it still does it I would say it is blowby
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I'm going to try changing the oil and getting a cap for it and then let it run for a bit and see how things progress.

blowby? Care to explain.
 

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NFGTragedy said:
I'm going to try changing the oil and getting a cap for it and then let it run for a bit and see how things progress.

blowby? Care to explain.
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alot of times when the engine is old or wore out the rings wont seat properly and oil will seep by the rings or visa versa. You can get combustion in your oil and it will smoke from your oil filler neck. some is normal but if it alot the the engine needs a rebuild
 
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