White goo in breather

[SteveK]

My breather fitting where it connects to the intake maniforld had a crack so I decided to pull it off and do a temp fix with a piece of prebent heater hose until I can get the real part.   When I pulled off the breather the inside of the fittings and the tube were covered with a white foamy goo.  It cleaned real easy with engine cleaner and compressed air, but I'm concerned there may be more to this.  Anyone seen this before?

[230slhouston]

Steve,
I can give you my personal experience. The white goo is typically condensation that mixes with the oil vapors. How is the blow by when you revmove the breather?

My car was a barn find (20 year sleeping beauty). When I started it, I also had white goo from the breather to the point  I used to start it and let it idle while checking and tweaking and went through two sets of spark plugs without driving a singe mile. On my first drive, I actually had the breather fed into a bottle to collect the condensation. After a 100 miles, I just put it back and do not have a problems. On cold days, you will find a lot of condensation forming.

I took Joe and everyone on this boards advice. These cars a meant to start and go, don't leave it idling for long periods. I just cruised at 95MPH yesterday

At some point I plan to overhaul my engine (my wallet decides when).

Maistran.

[SteveK]

Maistran, thanks for the quick response!   Good to know that it sounds like something normal.   I have not pulled the breather with the engine running but will give it a try next weekend.  I don't believe my car ever sat for any length of time but I do suspect it had little use over the last few years.   No problem running it now however, I took it out on 290 yesterday morning and punched it up to 80.  Never missed a beat.

[upside2k]

Be aware that taking short trips in your car will allow condesation to collect in the crankcase also.  If you drive for a period time necessary to bring the oil temperature above 212 degrees, the water will boil out as you drive.

Sometimes this causes a seeming oddity:

You check the oil before departing on a trip of , say, 50 miles. You check the oil again, and it has dropped in level. The difference is the water loss.