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Old 10-03-2011, 04:32 PM
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d16y7 in my 00 civic smokes alot @ startup it its oil since its blue smoke. Its smokes like it been seafoamed now is it my head or my piston rings that are worn
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Out the tailpipe or the engine itself? How often do you have to top up your oil?
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Out the tailpipe or the engine itself? How often do you have to top up your oil?
exhaust, quite a bit
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How is the blowby? To check, open your valve cover oil cap and feel how much air comes out.
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do a dry/wet compression test and a leak-down test to find your problems. could be many things.
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So it was blue and now its white??

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So it was blue and now its white??

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i never said white, im just going to get another motor
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im just going to get another motor
Well that's one possible solution, assuming the replacement doesn't have the same problem. Did you need to make a thread for this?
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