1greatEG

I seen my car was blowing out a little white smoke so i got the test done. first round was 170-160-160-160. Second round with oil squirted down the cylinder was 240-235-230-230. i have jdm itr motor let me know whats going cuz one guys its my rings other said it wasnt.

fatpride111

are u blowing out any sort of blue smoke?

1greatEG

i juss seen real quick it looked white im not getting hot. the oil on my dipstick is fine not milky.

0HAMOTORSPORTS

looks like the rings are just worn. tear it down n throw new ones in.

1992Si

What do you mean by a little white smoke.

All cars will blow white smoke when conditions are right. It's just condensation in the exhaust system on start up.

Do you have white smoke all the time ?

Your compresion numbers look good.

1greatEG

i was out that track 3rd lap around my buddy said theres a little white smoke coming out of the muffler. revved it up seen some come out. put it on my buddys trailer and put in the garage.

I see no drop in compression. I was happy about that. Im out of town now.

1greatEG

some one told me it still is a ring wtf...

stock_honda_coupe

Bad ring rings cause burning oil = blue smoke

Blue smoke = burning oil

White smoke = burning coolant or water

Black smoke = unburned fuel (super rich conditions)

If there is white smoke coming out of the tail pipe all the time, my guess would be a headgasket starting to go. But keep in mind that it is common for cars to blow white smoke when the conditions are right.

1greatEG

thats the thing its not coming out all the time...

stock_honda_coupe

Do you slowly lose coolant? Thats about the only water you can burn other than normal condensation in the exhaust.

89D15CRXDX

You've probably got a head gasket fixin to go out on you. I just bought a 92 LX and the head gasket was bad in it. Did the same thing.

1greatEG

ill check the headgasket on monday

00Red_SiR

explain to us EXACTLY how you performed the compression test. If it was done wrong it could explain a lot.

RCautoworks

I would do a leak down test. As for the color of the smoke, I have heard and seen to many people complain there engines were blowing smoke, and that it was white. When I rode behind the car, it was actually blueish/black. My point is some people can't tell the difference in the color of the smoke.

If you did the wet compression test correctly, the numbers would show that you rings are worn or letting some oil past. Although your first numbers were even good, so unless your loosing oil, or coolant, I would not worry to much.

stock_honda_coupe

If you have access to a leak down test tool, do that. Look for bubbles in the coolant.

Murk 'EM

you could make a leak down tester.. take the intake off listen in there take the oil cap off listen in there take the coolant cap off look there (that would take a while tho) if you hear any leak through those youve got to replace soemthigns (depending on where you hear it from) id say take a day with a leak down and just look in the coolant for bubbles like i said it wont show up right away caus eits gotta push the air from the cylinder through the passages up through hte hoses and through the radiator so it could take a couple minuets.. GL

1greatEG

ill take some video of it today. the block was warm removed the spark plugs put the tester in the cylinder cranked it 4 times same for the wet test too.

00Red_SiR

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If that's exactly how you did your comp test, it isn't correct. You have to disable your fuel system (pull your ecu or fuel pump fuse or just unplug your injectors). If you don't your injectors spray fuel into the cylinders which gas washes them and not only drops your compression readings but also makes them typically worse as you go along. Adding oil will help seal those rings temporarily which is why your numbers jumped up so much. This can cause someone to come to the wrong conclusion about the rings being bad when in fact the test was done incorrectly.