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10-26-2006, 12:34 PM

silentdaredevil2

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I have white smoke coming out my exhaust. I think the rings are shot, its a 94 CX with 225k on the clock. Is there anyway i can figure out for sure what is bad?

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10-26-2006, 12:38 PM

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leak down test most shops will do one for you for about 50 bucks and youll be able to tell what kinda smoke is it black white blue ?

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10-26-2006, 02:00 PM

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whats ur gas mileage like and r u putting in like a quart every 500 miles?

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10-26-2006, 02:11 PM

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gas milage sucks, and i put one in about every 2 weeks or so. the head gasket is also leaking but the smoke is white.

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10-26-2006, 02:24 PM

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could be valve seals as well. those tend to go before the rings do.

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10-26-2006, 03:08 PM

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Im hoping it is the valve seals becayse i want to do a mini me swap and i don't want to do it if the rings are wasted.

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10-26-2006, 04:03 PM

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mine also goes thru oil gas mileage around 30ish

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