Water like substance in oil- burp!

Sounds like maybe the condensation was built up over a while. Did you get it good and hot before storage? It takes some heat and some time to burn off the moisture in the engine. No big deal. Don't taste the water coming from the engine any more, OK?

Seattle WA is very moist too - so that probably contributed to it.  Water/moisture far better than gas in the oil.  You did well in getting the engine nice and hot with a long run to burn the moisture off.

DannyP posted:

 Don't taste the water coming from the engine any more, OK?

Ok, Danny, I laughed out loud at that! Snorted orange juice (hey, it's a late start to the day) and now I'm cleaning up the keyboard...

And any one fortunate enough to be driving their car at this time of year- If you're out for a drive, the weather is rather cool and you notice the engine/oil temps are running seriously on the low side- pull the rear apron from over the exhaust so the carbs and fan are fed warmer air. Remember, if oil temp doesn't get up to 170-180' for extended periods then the water that ends up in the engine doesn't evaporate off and you'll get this dirty, mayonnaisy growth at the oil fill cap. The acids that are formed are not good for the engine.

Old geezers will tell you the worst thing you can do to a car that is in storage over the winter is start it up once a week, let it idle for ten minutes, then shut it down.

You just found out why.

After only ten minutes, all that condensation is still inside the engine, settles into the low spots when you shut it down, and makes rust happen.

As you found, you've got to drive it for a good while at normal operating temps to get all that water to boil off.

Thanks for the reminder!

million thanks guys.  i guess i thought of ot as a closed system, but humdity in the air and condensation totally makes sence.  and this year in Seattle im told it has been a partucullarly wet Decenber 

the "tasing the water comment" also got me to spray my screen...   thanks for the new years laugh!!!!

thanks again guys, and happy new years... today from snowy Whistler, BC

cheers,

Luis

@Lfepardo- Enjoy Whistler, Louis! How's the snow? Are you skiing Blackcomb or Whistler? Have you found a favorite run?

Thanks Al. Great first afternoon/ evening... we hope to be skiing both mountains while here.  Kids prefer blackcomb, wife prefers whistler... I just love being up here with the family.  ;-),  and all the great apre-ski eating and drinking.  It amazes me how international whistler has become over the past 20 years.   It seemed like every other person in the village today was from visiting from Latin America, Europe or Asia... every language imaginable was being spoken around town.  Very cool!

With my wife being a Canadian, I have long dreamed of retiring up here ( close to her family and my prefers small town mountain ski town lifestyle)  while she prefers we retire in Madrid ( close to my family and her urban center high dessert sunny weather lifestyle).,, but we have 15-20 years till that milestone event and many bottles of wine will be consumed debating the topic over the next +decade. 

Cheers!

Lfepardo posted:

 ...wife prefers whistler...

Your wife's a smart woman...

"Ok, Danny, I laughed out loud at that! Snorted orange juice (hey, it's a late start to the day) and now I'm cleaning up the keyboard..."

Your not the only one

After sitting awhilemy car did the little pops and farts on deceleration. Turned out on of the carbs had a little fuzz in a jet. It went away after awhile.

This is the exact reason it is important to have the engine arrive at it's proper operating temp. All engines need to run hot enough to burn off the water and gas that  form inside our engine blocks.  This is caused by normal blow by and condensation. This is the reason the VW factory had the flaps in the fan shroud controlled by the thermostat bellows. It allows the engine to come up to the correct operating temperature and then stay there. Most of us worry about our engines running too hot but never realize that running too cool is just as bad but for different reasons. This is the reason water cooled engines need to have a thermostat in the coolant system. The engine would never get hot enough in the cooler weather to burn off the contaminants in the oil and you would not get much heat from the heater. I assume most of us know this but I didn't know it until I did.