McNizzle

well today when i was checking all of my fluid levels, i noticed my oil was a little low (i changed it about 2000miles ago). I put in about 3/4 a quart, started it up, turned the car off and checked it again. The dipstick read perfect now but there was smoke coming out of hole that the dipstick goes in. No smoke comes out of the valve cover breather and smoke will only come from the exhaust in very small amounts when im at high rpm (7000 and above), which i thought was kind of normal for hondas? I tried to search but only came up with a handful of results and it was all from the forced induction forum so i only heard responses talking about piston rings and blow by. any feedback would be great. thanks!

AutoxEK9

what was the engine temperature? IMO, it probably was because the engine was running really hot and burning oil from the dipstick.

McNizzle

engine couldnt have gotten that warm bc it was only running for about 1 minute... i reved it to about 5000 2times in that minute though.

Street Ghost

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chris M &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">engine couldnt have gotten that warm bc it was only running for about 1 minute... i reved it to about 5000 2times in that minute though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

with the engine completely cold?

McNizzle

i let it idle for about 30sec then just slowly pressed the gas until it reached 5000 and let it off

00Red_SiR

It was just crankcase gases coming out. Same thing will happen if you drive your car for a while and then lift off your oil cap. It's normal and it's why your engine has a PCV system.

McNizzle

haha ok, im still such a noob