Steam coming out of the oil lill tube

[Mudcat]

I got the engine running in the Wagon today but I'm getting some steam coming out of the oil fill tube. I'm thinking a head gasket or maybe an intake leak. Any ideas? At idle it isn't noticable but as soon as it starts to rev it gets worse. I changed the oil and it doesn't look milky at all, no oil in the radiator either. Of course this was after running it around for about 40 minutes.

[Chevelleguy]

It is most likely oil vapor caused by blow-by. You may need to replace your pcv valve.

[ February 29, 2004, 07:42 PM: Message edited by: chevelleguy ]

[PhilSine]

Do a compression test to verify what your cylinders are doing. I have the same symptom and my #7 cylinder is 35 lbs lower than the rest. Could be a cracked ring or a head gasket problem.

[osceola]

sounds like blow by to me.if your oil is getting dirty real quick this is also a sign, combustion gasses entering crank case also if it is anti freeze vapor it will have that digusting sweet smell.

[Mudcat]

I didn't put any antifreeze in it just water to be sure we didn't have any leaks. I believe it is blowby after checking some other things. The oil just has about 2 hours of running time on it so far and looks nice and clean. I'm going to do a compression test and see what that tells me.