i have a little bit of smoke coming out of the dipstick.....wondering about the best way to fix it.

The car seems to run fine, no smoke is coming out of the valve cover vent, and my headgasket is leaking when I boost.....my coolant is a little dirty, not oil + coolant dirty, but it looks more like exhaust + coolant dirty.

could it just be a headgasket?....I'll check compression tomorrow

 

Smoke out of the dipstick? Is your dipstick is on fire, or is there smoke coming from the hole the dipstick fits in to? I'm confused here..............First off, if you know that your head gasket is blown, then sourcing any other potential problems is a moot point. I wouldn't think a dipstick should be removed anyhow when your engine is running, so all in all, I'd say the ol' "is my dipstick smoking?" test is pretty much as gay as it sounds....

Nick

 

ok.....its coming out of the dipstick tube....i figured people would figure that out....

and what does it hurt to have the dipstick out while checking things like this....its not like a lot of oil is going to come out....if any......so...thanks.............

 

LOL, sorry to be a smart-*** dude. It's just not what I expected. The rubber on my dipstick was actually smoking from all the radiant heat my turbo manifold was creating, so it would have been helpful of you to have differentiated in this case.

But yeah, the "best way to fix it" would be to fix your head gasket, and then check back to see if smoke is still coming from your dipstick tube. Ideally, the PCV system should pull somewhat of a vacuum in your crankcase, so air should be flowing into your dipstick tube rather than from it if you take your dipstick out. Good luck.

Nick

 

I think it's pretty friggin obvious what he meant, jackass.
Ever watch Bambi ? I'll sum it up for you.....If you don't have anything good to say... just STFU.


As to why there seems to be carbon-like (not oil) residue in your coolant... a blown HG would allow some mixture/exhaust gases to enter your coolant jacket.

Aside from your potential HG problem, smoke out of the dipstick is typically a result of increased blowby gases due to boost.

If you don't see a light mist coming from your valve cover (breather?), it's prolly because your stock PCV system is able to expel the blowby gases after boost...feel lucky...lol

X2


[Modified by X2BOARD, 3:11 AM 3/24/2003]

 

Hey fucknut, if you had read my second post, you'd see that some of us who actually do have problems with our cars would benefit from a correct desciption of the situation at hand. I had something great to say, and I'll say it again, in case you blew over it on your first read: Fix the headgasket.

 

Sound like blow by to me I have it at the moment porbably cracked or broken a ring...I have the fumes coming up from the breather from the sump check there at idle you will see them if there there......

 

he already said sorry......i have no problems with him or anyone else for that matter....

and yeah there is no smoke or anything coming out of the valve cover vent. (breather).....just a little out of the dipstick tube. And about the exhaust mixing with the coolant, I already knew about how that happens etc., not trying to be an ***, but i guess i'm just saying its happened before (the coolant exhaust thing).

i'll look at it closer tomorrow.....btw does anyone else's dipstick slip out really easy with the turbo....my dipstick is right in the middle of the manifold, kinda dumb.

 

You don't know when to shut it, do you ?

Yes, he should fix his HG.... does it affect that smoke from the dipstick (or flaming dipstick as you so wisely put it ) NO... so again, I repeat...STFU.

*Oh yeah, TRY to keep this forum PG-13, it's a tech forum, not Kills, k ?

X2

 

Unless the dipstick is really old, the only other reason it would slip out is the increased crankcase pressure from excess blowby gases as said before. Your PCV valve should take care of this for the most part, but boost increases the pressure much over a stock engine, the more you boost, the more the PCV valve needs to deal with after as the initial flood of crankcase pressure easily overwhelms the small valve. Eventually, most boosted hondas w/ stock PCVs end up with broken or stuck valves due to this.

At moderate boost levels (<7psi) you may not need a oil catch can to solve the problem, but over that level, you may want to think about one as the honda valve will kick out over time.

X2

 

You must be "brilliant times 2" to contradict yourself here, and then tell me to STFU "times two" again........Where do you get off? Replying to your posts is no longer worth my time. If you care to reply to this, I hope it pumps that "I'm gonna get on Hondatech at 3:30am and call people names" ego of yours up to a new level!

5thgen, sorry again for my rude comments regarding your post. It was late, and I had just spent 6 hours in the UT formula car garage trying to weld steering tabs to our 7075 aluminum front uprights, which is pretty much impossible. The best aluminum alloys for machining just can't be welded. I guess that's what we get for having other people CNC parts for us instead of making them ourselves.

When you say "does anybody else's dipstick slip out very easily", do you mean that yours is coming out without you wanting it to, or are you having trouble getting it out? I have difficulty getting mine out, since as you mentioned, it's in the middle of the manifold, and pieces of heat-hardened rubber tend to break off each time I check my oil. I ordered an all-metal dipstick online, but the flange at the top is a lot bigger than I thought it would be, so I can't use it. Have you/anyone had any success with a particular aftermarket dipstick on their turbo?

Thanks,
Nick


[Modified by Nikolai, 10:15 AM 3/24/2003]