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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 10:49 AM
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If you run ethanol and/or a low temp thermostat, the venting from the crankcase will be more excessive.
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by smokeshow
If you run ethanol and/or a low temp thermostat, the venting from the crankcase will be more excessive.
In this case, I'm not running either of those.
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 11:59 AM
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It should also stop after a few minutes of being run at operating temperature.
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Atomic
It should also stop after a few minutes of being run at operating temperature.
Hmm, this was at operating temp but still steaming.
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 01:35 PM
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Lets call it 30 minutes of driving as "a few minutes"
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 04:06 PM
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Does it ever go away?
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TrickTurbo
Does it ever go away?
I will let you know soon. I'm going to go on a lengthy drive maybe this evening and see what it does.
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by TrickTurbo
Does it ever go away?
I just took it on a 30 minute drive and it still has the steam/smoke coming out. Like I said, it doesn't smoke/steam at all when I first start it up and I even let it sit and warm up fully before leaving and no smoke. I have a video I will post.
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 06:27 PM
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Here are two videos of the steam/smoke.
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 07:07 PM
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I have each valve cover vented on mine, neither smoke, even driving it hard. I never have oil in the can either. I smell a little oil smell when it gets driven hard, but other then that the vent doesnt smoke.
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