my car was runnin fine the other day.. but my fan shroud ate a hole through one of my vacum lines then i boosted 14 by accident a couple times.. i fixed it back to five.. but now my car dosent start correctly.. and smoke comes out of my valve cover breather hole.. wat is wrong.. is it normal.. and when i drive smoke comes into my car but dosent smell like anything.. i checked to see if n e thing was burning nothing.. looked in my valve cover for water... none..

 

from what you said above... maybe you blew your ring lands...

 

do a compression and leak down test. sounds like u got some blow-by and ur ringlands could be byebye

 

is that easy to replace and how much can i get better ones..?

 

Ringlands are grooves in the piston where the rings sit. Replacing them means a rebuild.

Edit: added pics
Broke Ringlands


Good Ringlands

 

whoaa gotcha well its a check that either my rings or ringland are gone cause i did a compression check n cyl 2 had oil on the spark plug.. ne who looks like built b20 then.. iamma get my block cryogened...= deep freeze.. -300 below..

 

I did the same thing with my LS... only I boosted to 26 psi and I intentionally blew it up. It still ran pretty damn strong but when I took the block apart and spilled her guts out on the table I found that I broke EVERY SINGLE ringland on EVERY piston... good times

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JohnnyH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I did the same thing with my LS... only I boosted to 26 psi and I intentionally blew it up. It still ran pretty damn strong but when I took the block apart and spilled her guts out on the table I found that I broke EVERY SINGLE ringland on EVERY piston... good times </TD></TR></TABLE>

ha.....thats awsome. i wish i had the money to do that.

 

so is thier n e quick fix for 3 weeks till i can find n buy a somewat build a b20..?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ls-Turbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so is thier n e quick fix for 3 weeks till i can find n buy a somewat build a b20..?</TD></TR></TABLE>

just drive around like that, theres wont be sufficient damage to your cylinder walls or anything...also it wont smoke unless you redline or get boost greedy. I have a cracked ringland too and have been looking for a built shortblock for over 2 months now

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsr dood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

ha.....thats awsome. i wish i had the money to do that.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, I am by no means rich... lol I saved up for about a year and had another Built B18A all ready for boost and I was just looking for an excuse to take the motor out and move along with my swap...
Now that I think about it I could have sold the B18 I had and made out with a few bucks in my pocket... ****!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deluzional &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I have a cracked ringland too and have been looking for a built shortblock for over 2 months now </TD></TR></TABLE>

So wait, you've been driving it around with a cracked ringland? Awesome!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JohnnyH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So wait, you've been driving it around with a cracked ringland? Awesome! </TD></TR></TABLE>

No not exactly. My motor has probably seen no more than 150 miles since I cracked my ringland...the car stays garaged while Im away for school, but when I come home, ill drive it around. Its still very much driveable...it just sounds like a wrx

 

well looks like ill be driving round for a while..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ls-Turbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well looks like ill be driving round for a while..</TD></TR></TABLE>

dont even worry...I searched on this topic...theres guys on this board who drove it like that for a year and it didnt even scratch the cylinder walls

 

well my comp was 125 125 60 125.. is that too low..?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ls-Turbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well my comp was 125 125 60 125.. is that too low..?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Your good. Obviously #3 cylinder is loosing major pressure. Now you know where to dig. Have fun pullin the motor apart.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ls-Turbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well my comp was 125 125 60 125.. is that too low..?</TD></TR></TABLE>

they are at least in the +/- 10 range...but still 125 is really low.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deluzional &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they are at least in the +/- 10 range...but still 125 is really low. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Depending on certain test kits, they are not all acurate regarding the amount of psi's being read. As long as the majority of the cylinders are reading simular #'s, comp test is concidered good.

 

ya true.. but we will find out after the rebuild shouldnt take more then a month