OK i read the topic earlier about the white smoke and mine was kinda different....

this problem is on a d16z6 turbo

I have smoke coming from my breather cap

here is the story

my car started to get hot on the highway when we were going to HIN so we stopped on the side turned on the heater then went the rest of the way there........now when HIN was over on the way back i was pushing it and my car all of a sudden dies.... and it won't start back up so i pull over and i notice temp gauge is high....so we let it cool for a bit turn on heater and everything then when i get back home i notice there is oil from the intake manifold all the way back to the firewall.
and i can't find out where it came from valve cover gasket is fine i don't think it's the head gasket cause it's all above the intake manifold..... and now when i start the car white smoke comes out of the breather so and help is appreciated....

thanks

 

well from what i understand, when oil comes out like that, there goes your rings. If you have to replace that, save the money, and build your motor. I take it you have the filter on your valve cover, look at it, if oil is coming out of it and its hitting the fire wall, don't drive your car and get it worked on.

 

After Acura adjusted the valve clearances on my B18B, some oil now "seeps" out from the valve cover gasket. You may want to check this.

Have you removed the valve cover gasket before?

Did you say you have a breather filter on your valve cover?

 

yeah breather filter on my valve cover i just removed the valve cover gasket earlier and it was fine if it is my piston rings and all that i did plan to build the motor or i was gonna ls swap and just reuse my turbo kit but i think i'm just gonna build it up

 

unfortunately that's what it sounds like to me, I know, I had a scare with light oil on my filter but it didn't turn out to be the rings, just alittle blow back. Good luck on the build or swap.

 

so it is my pistons?

i think i'm gonna stick to the sohc since it's different and you see less of those the dohc turbos

 

do a compression test

 

yeah me and my friend are just about to do that as soon as he comes over

thanks for all the help if i do need to replace them how good are arias pistons? cause i might be buying arias pistons and crower rods so i was jw

 

yesm... sounds like you fried yourself some rings...

happened to me, it stinks, i know.
to repeat everyone else, just run a compression test to be sure...

and if they're fried, it might be a good sign to just swap the booger out, unless money's a huge problem, then you can just buy a new set- just be sure there was no damage to the cylinder walls.




[Modified by Ruckus138, 10:40 PM 7/1/2002]

 

just happened to me. 2 cylinders. i have my engine in pieces in the garage but i have a box with new JE 9:1 0.20 overs and eagle rods waiting to go in.

 

I had the same problem, but I did more than fry my rings, I cracked a couple of pistons. Oh well, it has been a little over a week my car has been in the shop getting je 9:1 pistons, .20 over, eagle rods, port and polished head, polished crank, 3 angle valve job. It sucks and is alot of money but man I will be alot faster when I can turn up the boost...

 

ok i just drove the car around and it happened again but one of the plug wires came out and there is oil all over again and there is oil in the spark plug holes of #1 and #4

but 2 and 3 are fine

i didn't do the compression test because the wouldn't let me rent it and i didn't wanna buy it for 40

i rather spend the money on internals

 

40 bucks. **** no. you can get it at sears for like 25 or 20 at auto zone or discount auto parts.

 

the 40 was at autozone

 

I had mine done for free!! ANd when you buy pistons go with the JE or Endyn rollerwaves with eagle rods. Save your money on the crower rods and get a better piston than arias.

 

i think that is to rent it and if you did not bring it back they keep your 40 smackers.