I have a 99 prelude non sh, and i just noticed that when i first start it up in the morning and pull away black/gray smoke is coming from the exhaust. i never noticed it before but it could have smoked all along but i did just do the timing belt on it. car seems to be running fine though. is this normal for the h22's? (new to the prelude scene)

 

sounds to me like valve stem seals. Does it do this only on startup, or do you see smoke behind you when you hit high RPM?

 

it seems to be only upon start up i haven't noticed any or been able to see any smoke behind me, only when i pull off after start up

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Giant_Bean &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sounds to me like valve stem seals. Does it do this only on startup, or do you see smoke behind you when you hit high RPM?</TD></TR></TABLE>