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About 1100 miles ago, I installed a catch can from Sxth element, and this is what I caught today. Mostly gasoline and water, and little oil. I did not expect this much in the blowby. My GT only has 3538 miles, so almost new. Has anyone else have similar results?
Also, when I was driving home from work this morning, I smell faint amount of gasoline after 20 miles (which is the distance of my one way trip)
 

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Do you live in an extremely high humidity area?

My GT has just over 5K miles. I live in Florida - lots of humidity. When I empty the catch can it is PURE oil - not a watery mixture like in your picture.

When you open your oil fill cap what does the inside of the engine look like? Is it clear oil or do you see a white mixture like in your catch can?

What the oil looks like in my catch can:

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I'm in San Antonio, which does get humid.
The oil in my engine looks normal, no "Irish coffee" looking mixture, nor on the dipstick.
 

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The only way it should look like the OP's photo is if the car sits out in the weather all the time and the local temperatures fluctuate a lot with extreme humidity - like when you come out and the car is completely covered in dew. However, it's hard to believe it could get that much moisture in the crankcase to cause that.
Thats probably it. I guess theres a lot of petrol vapours in my crankcase because the catch can contents smell like gasoline. My coolant and oil both look the way they should. I drive kinda hard a lot, but idk if that has anything to do with it.
 
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