confusing wet piston tops problem

[evil_eagle]

Allright, never thought I would have to ask for help, but I am stumped.

The problem started about 2 months ago and to this day I have not been able to figure it out. Heres the deal, as a consistent weekend drag racer at the tracks I change my plugs often, 2 month ago I notice when I pulled the plugs that there was fluid on the threads of the plugs, not oil, not fuel, and does not have any smell to it, just like water, so I thought the head gasket was gone, did a compression test on the motor (3000 miles on the new motor) and compression was 190 across the board, This left me scratching my head.
So I took it to our shop and did a leak down test, and result was less then 2% leak down in each hole. As I started to be concerned about the problem I took a light and shined it down the spark plug hole and looked at the top of the pistons, sure as sh1t, they are wet. BUT!!! get this, with this much fluid on the plugs and on the piston tops there is no smoke what so ever coming out of the tail pipe, I mean hell, if there is fluid on top of the pistons and on the plugs you would think that it would smoke out of the tail pipe.
So I started to watch my coolant levels for the last 2 months, watched my oil level and get this, it does not use a drop of coolant, and not a drop of oil There is no performance problems at all, car runs like a raped ape and is harder then hell just to keep all 4 tires from breaking loose.

I started to think maybe it's the fuel I was using, so I drained the tank completely and put fresh gas in. Same crap, different day.

The fluid on the plugs have no smell to it at all, and I have antifreeze in the car as well so I would think if it was coolant then I would smell the antifreeze, but yet again, NO SMOKE AT ALL!!! !!!????? and it's not consuming any coolant or oil..
any thoughts?????
-Jake

 

[Defiant]

You checked everything, and it's fine. Now just drive. Whatever was wrong might reveal itself in the shrapnel, if it ever blows.

 

[GTM]

Hi all:

The major by-product of combustion is water. You don't notice it much in the summer time but when the mornings are cool all that vapor coming out the tail pipe is from combustion. Once the engine and exhaust get warm / hot you can't see it but it's still there.

You probably live in a very humid climate so between this and combustion gasses with cool nights it's not unusual to see this condensate inside the engine.

When pistons and heads were made from very porus aluminum, water molecules would be driven into the aluminum and would "sweat". When left for long periods you could see little beads of a milky color fluid all over the pistons and the combustion chamber. If you do a taste test you will note they are very acetic and if dried the white powder is aluminum oxylate(sp?). As methods of refining aluminum improved the porosity has decreased so you don't see it much these days.

Bottom line is not to sweat the "sweat".

Cheers,
GTM