My boosted dohc zc has been running a little off i took my grandfather out for a ride and then when i came back i was playing with the safc cuz it was running funny at idle so i lend it out it got worse then i riched it and it got better i put it all the way rich and it died (of course) then when i came back and started it it smoke alot and smelt like coolant so i let it run and it cleared up and ran fine 1 day later it after driving normal it did it again and the it did it to day to (2 days later) well yesterday i did a compression test and it was fine
1 170
2 165
3 180
4 180
but when i did the test i saw oil on the spark plug cuz my valve cover grommets are shoot . so i thought thats why it smoke but i cant see why it smells like coolant .
o and to top all that off there is lil flakes in the month old coolant

So what do yall think cuz if it was a cracked head, block, gasket it would have shown on the compression test right?

 

bump

 

Your compression wont be effected by a blown head gasket all that much. Are you blowing smoke at all? ALSO check your antifreeze for any brown **** like oil, check your oil also for white milky ****.

 

it blows out a **** load of smoke some times but only dose it for a few mins and the car will run like **** but then when it clears it is fine and runs great

 

ttt

 

your rings are possibly going out or you could have a cracked sleeve. pull the head and see if the head gasket is bad. i would actuall see if theres coolant in the oil first.

 

where was the oil on the spark plug ??
on the threadings and towards head ? or above the threadings towards to valve cover
if it idles for a bit and smokes like ****, then its your valve seals, i have the same problem

if you have oil on threading and towards the head then do a leakdown test

 

is your turbo oil and water cooled? could be a bad seal possibly...

 

tested it today
no oil in the coolant
no coolant in the oil
the oil was on the treads on the spark plug wires cuz my tube seals were bad

so i changed the coolant
changed the oil/filter
changed out the valve cover gasket/tube seals
and changed out the spark plugs

time for a test drive runs like a champ but then when i stop at taco bell and park it smokes like HELL white smoke but it don't smell like coolant its like a plank smell
so i eat get back in the car start it up and it smokes, i start to drive and it goes away the i stop back at the shop 4 miles away and park it starts to smoke, now it smells like coolant and was moisture was coming out the 2 feet of exhausts i have but it doesn't have a taste then when i moved the car it was a oil/water mix no green in it just milky
and the car is over heating
and if it was a cracked block or sleeve that would show up on the compression test right?

 

ttt

 

what was milky????? compression test doesnt show the cracked head or gasket probelm. your motor is fugged. or maybe your turbo is on its way out.

 

the **** that came out of the exhaulst was milky
i have hear of a kink in the oil line doing this do you think that could be it?

 

what color did you say your smoke was? sorry, i'm tired as hell so i may have over-looked it. possibly bad valve seals if it's black smoke?

 

white

 

bedtime bump

 

So the car overheated, and the brand new Antifreeze you put in was a milky color? If thats the case.

I would try a new headgasket, you shouldent be smellig coolent from your exuast, and the headgasket is the most logical cuase. While you have the head off i would look for cracks in the sleeves.

 

no the antifreezre was not milky

but it drinks the hell out of coolant i filled it up drove it home like a 15 min drive and i just put like almost a gal. of water in it

i am thinking it is a intake gasket because the coolent smells like gas