

| Subject: | Re: Tan paste on inside of oil cap |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:55:20 +0000 |
> I own a 81 Westy and was wondering if anyone knows the reason for the tan > paste that forms on the inside of my oil cap. It seems to me I read > something bad about this years ago in Consumer Reports, in an article on how OK after the last extended discussion which admittedly I did not pay good attention too I've been waiting for someone to bring this back up, sure we know its emusified oil/water, but why exactly is it there and more prevalent on the FI vehicles. Answer is obvious to me, and running at warmer temperatures/longer stretches is a band aid not a solution. I may be an idiot on this one too, but why did they get rid of the crankcase breather intakes with FI. I mean the thing has the oultet back into the damn air intake, but how is water ever going to get out of the system once in without a filtered air intake, does the FI car have one? I don't know where if it does, somebody enlighten me, all in all it seems to me that it lacks a complete breather system like the carbed vehicles had. John vwbus@netbiz.net
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