Hey. I took my turbo d16 to the track on saturday. When I got back i noticed smoke comming from the breather valve on the valve cover. Can anybody help me out?

 

blow by... is it an extreme amount of smoke or a little?

 

It is a decent bit at start up, but usally goes awayway pretty quickly.

 

my prelude smoked excessivly on startup after 10 months of boost, turned out to be the ringlands... id suggest a compression or better yet a leak down test to be sure theres nothin wrong...

 

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wurd

 

that sounds like ringlands blew mine twice love to boost

 

Well good thing I have ls rods and vitara pistons waiting to go into my car. Should I stop driving it, or is it still driveable for now?

 

it would have to be ALOT of smoke all the ime for it to be ringlands.

 

can the smoke be caused buy the engine not quite broken in after a rebuilt?, mine does this and I just rebuilt it.

 

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not if they're just starting to break up - I noticed some smoke, not alot (at first) when mine let go...

 

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This is not always true. Mine smoked very little while not in boost. I also had pretty good compression numbers. But when I took the pistons out, the ringlands just fell apart like all the pics you see on HT of stock pistons.

 

So is it ok to drive for now?

 

Mine smokes a very small amount out of the breather. After it is warm it goes away. It might just be a little start-up blow by. Nothing to worry about. If you are really worried, do a leakdown.

-Ryan

 

Just get a leak down test.

 

I might not even bother. I am just taking the car to the shop to get the engine built and tranny swap.

 

It depends on how much it smokes but most llikely Yes you can drive it if you can stand the smoke my uncle drove his for a month before it got real bad

 

so is smoke normal during the break in period?

 

yup a bit untill the rings seat up nicely.