I have a B18C1 swap and been having problems starting my car lately. Today I was trying to crank it up and it refused to do so, so I turned if off.(Moved key from starting position to acc) After I stopped the car did a howling noise and I see bluish smoke coming from the hood. I open the hood quickly and notice the smoke coming out of the intake tube. I have a SRI. What could be the cause of this? I took the filter off and let all the smoke come out and tried to get the car started and it did after a good bit of cranking..

Cliff Notes:Bluish smoke coming out of the intake tube

Thanks!

 

I think blue smoke = oil . But I have no clue how that could get in to your intake.

 

loose or blown head gasket? or just burning oil

 

its moving out of the intake tube... yeah how would the smoke get in there?

 

do u have the tube hooked up between your intake and your valve cover?

 

When the cam timing is off it spits smoke out of the intake..Maybe slipped a tooth..?

 

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yes

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hmmm, how do i check if this is the problem?

 

check the timing with a timing light..Or set the motor to tdc and see if the arrows on the cam gears are lining up,maybe just one cam gear is off..