I was changing the valve cover gasket on my 90 Carat digifant and when replacing the ECV into the valve cover, I noticed a few drops of water starting to drip out of the ECV (and into the engine...)
So I started shaking the ecv and this Yellow vomit-like substance came out, a lot of it, the thing must have been packed with it.
I didn't disconnect the hose (I can only handle so much car work at a time) but I'm wondering if any of this got sucked into the intake. Maybie this damages the ecv or is a sign of something.
The only other poss. thing related to this is water-smoke out the tailpipe on startup periodically on the after-overnight startup.
It looks like the startup smoke may be gone now, I'll know better over next couple days. I'm kind of relieved that this may be the source of the tail-smoke.
tia, irv
90 Carat 180k miles
96 Trek (converted from auto to manual) 80k miles
98 GL 80k miles all 8v, GL has auto tranny, prayers accepted.