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i cant seem to find that old thread about having water in your catch tank..

Well i have, That must'nt be good. Can somepne please explain to me why and how to prevent.

And also my car blew alot of white smoke out of the exhaust one night, Havent had time to look into that. It doesnt seem to be doing it again.. But that cant be good also.

Thanks

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i cant seem to find that old thread about having water in your catch tank..

Well i have, That must'nt be good. Can somepne please explain to me why and how to prevent.

And also my car blew alot of white smoke out of the exhaust one night, Havent had time to look into that. It doesnt seem to be doing it again.. But that cant be good also.

Thanks

Some water in the catch can is ok due to condensation formed in the combustion process which can work it's way into the catch can.

It is usually a sludgy mix but we have seen a little water come out with no ill effect on the engine.

White smoke could be a range of things from condensation in the exhaust, turbo seal, valve stem seals, worn rings, headgasket...

Would suggest a compression/cylinder leakage test which should show if you have any blown head gasket/broken rings/cracked pistons.

If it uses no oil and the smoke was a oneoff incident, I wouldn't get too concerned.

Cheers

Ken

yeah, catch cans seem to catch nothing but condensation, i had one on my old commodore, it wasn't until i installed the catch can that the oil in the head become milky.

Edited by RyanN

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