<VV> Car puffing smoke up through the PCV tube

[Harry Yarnell]

The white goo in the fill pipe is condensate mixed with oil. Can be 
considered normal on an engine that doesn't get hot. Has nothing to do with 
the fuel pump leaking. Not saying you DON'T have a leaking pump, just this 
isn't one of the symptoms.
Blowby out the PCV tube is a relitive thing. Some can be expected. If you're 
killing mosquitoes, that may indicate worn rings, but you're compression 
readings look good.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman garage and orphanage
Perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Ciampi" <jciampi at embarqmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:43 PM
Subject: <VV> Car puffing smoke up through the PCV tube


> Hi guys,  I have a bit of a problem with my 64 Monza with a 95 hp engine. 
> It seems that
>
> 1. I have smoke puffing out the PCV tube into the air cleaner when 
> running.
>
> 2. I have a white substance inside of my oil filler tube. It looks like 
> what would happen on a water-pumper when the head gasket is blown.  It 
> must be gas mixing with the oil. Right?  I ran a compression check on all 
> cylinders and they all read within 5 lbs of 150 lbs. I don't know how 
> accurate the gauge is, it was borrowed.  I am guessing that the fuel pump 
> is leaking gas into the oil.  I don't have the white frothy stuff on the 
> dipstick. It looks normal.  The car runs rough when it will start.  It was 
> running ok until I took a 10 mile jaunt with it to a car show. On the way 
> home it started sputtering on me. It seemed like it would smooth out over 
> 40mph, but anything slower than that it ran like it only had 5 cylinders.
>
> Has anyone experienced this situation and if so, how did you fix it?  New 
> fuel pump?  Rebuild the old one?
>
> Jay Ciampi
> CORSA
> Lake Placid, FL.
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