hello
no white anything under the oil cap. the mechanic just called, he said there is nothing wrong with the car, she is perfect and not to do a tuneup because one was recently done and everything is fine. he said since the weather is hot, dont worry about the choke until i have to.
so i got an oil change. woo-hoo, i bought a good used car for a change! thanks for your help.
v

By bruce (68.156.75.21) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 03:08 pm:

I would do the tune up myself, points, plugs, change the dizzy cap and rotor, plug wires. If that stuff has not been done in a long time it could be causing your problems. tune ups are pretty straight forward and easy, good way to start to learn how to work on your car. just my 2 cents worth. and what zippy and 75 holds true, if you pull your dipstick out and it is milky you have a problem. just white on your oil cap is no biggy.

By Zippy (Zippy) (12.106.14.100) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 10:49 am:

There have been several discussions receently about this cream-on-the-cap issue and several causes, besides blown gaskets, have been proposed. What they all have in common is that the engine does not get run long or hard for an extended period of time. As a result water builds up in the crank case. Small amounts of water show up as cream-on-the-cap. I once took off a head to replace the gasket due to cream-on-the-cap as pretty much the major sign of a problem. I found nothing wrong with the gasket. Again, I think the problem was under use of the motor.

By 75 (75) (24.71.223.142) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 10:14 am:

If the head gasket was blown don't u think it would be puffing white smoke out the back?
if the car ain't running properly your going to get condensation built up in ur engine water moisture iv'e just took a two year course on that
and if the oil in the motor when u pull the dip stick is creamy yha then u have a problem.
but what im trying to say is if it is not firing properly the motor can't warm up properly and your going to get the moisture in ur engine and get that white creamy stuff built just on the base of the oil cap only.

By vanessameyer (198.81.26.75) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 02:40 am:

hello! my friend richard said my choke was not letting any air in at all when it was pulled all the way out, and to just warm it up in the half position.

so far this has made the car warm up more quickly and not fail. i assume because it is not flooding.

BUT I am taking it to the honda mechanic (affordable care for your honda) and I am hoping to get a tuneup tomorrow. I think it may be the points also. Rough estimate on a price for a tuneup? I will adjust price given to Los Angeles price....anything special i need to tell the guy? What should I have checked, i have only had this car for 2 weeks. thanks!

By Colza (210.54.103.33) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 01:25 am:

Creamy white under the oil cap is water getting into your oil from a blown head gasket dude. A little more serious than bad points....

By 75 (75) (24.64.177.133) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 02:09 am:

suppose to say save ur carb in the long run
and stop ur stalling problems and check ur oil
if u have a creamy white base on ur oil cap that's
a good indication ur points aren't firing properly.

75

By 75 (75) (24.64.177.133) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 01:57 am:

suggestion to help out had this problem to
had to pull my choke all the time right from cold to operating temp sometimes longer.first check ur gap point should be set to 0.020 and sitting flat
and are not pitted if there pitted and not sitting flat get them replaced asap and replaceing them make sure they are gaped properly
watch the performance increase and gas milage
from cold may have to pull the choke if at all.
will save the life of yur card in the long run.
hope this help's u out guy's


75 ciget

By Zippy (Zippy) (12.106.14.100) on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 06:20 am:

I'm running a different carb now, but back in the day I set the choke on the first indent until I had driven several miles. I adjusted the choke so that the first indent just barely kicked up the throttle. This let me idle the luke-warm engine with out being too smelly.

By Undies (Undies) (203.220.191.190) on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 04:25 am:

Try cleaning ur carbie out buddy when htey get dirty as hell they do this and they blow small amounts of blue smoke out the exhaust as well.

By Christoph (209.89.224.183) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 05:30 pm:

I'm constantly acting as an engine control computer with my choke until my old girl reaches operating temp. The worst ambient air temperature is around freezing and slightly above. As toad mentioned, the warm air intake duct (from exhaust manifold to the bottom of the air cleaner inlet) does help up the warm up process. I tend to keep the choke on the first indent from closed while I'm driving until the engine warms up.

By toad (142.173.7.191) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 01:57 pm:

check your warm air duct from your exhaust manifold

By vanessameyer (198.81.26.75) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 01:01 pm:

When the car is not fully warm, like when I was driving home tonight, I used the choke first full, then half, then 1/3rd, then when it keeps an idle, I push it closed, and then wait, and it keeps a good idle. So I think Im ready to go, but when I go to accelerate, the car says NO and it takes like 3 pumps to the gas to get her going.
Then she speeds off happy as a clam. Then I hit a light (after maybe a quarter of a mile) and it all happens over again! Tonight, after driving a good 5 full minutes in 2nd gear, she DIED at a light! Now this car is a trooper, she starts right back up. What in the world is wrong? Do I honestly have to sit in her until she is fully warmed up on the temp gauge? I wait until the chokes steady, i swear.