long story short, i just bought my old civic back from a guy i sold it to. the car was sitting in a garage for two years. they had broke into it and he lost interest in the car. anyway it has a stock b16 that i installed myself stock motor besides header and cai. the car smokes alittle and i can smell oil burning. if i rev the motor it wont smoke until it goes back to idle thats when you see a little blue smoke puff out the muffler. i did a compression check and it has 220 even all across. i change the oil and pvc valve and it still smokes. could this mean new valves since the car sat for so long?

 

i also replace my spark plugs and rechecked them. they have a brownish color look, the threads are black and do not look wet.

 

anybody?

 

usually blue smoke at idle means your seals are gone...when driving the car if you also see blue smoke at WOT then your rings need to be replaced also

 

after letting off the throttle when giving it a bit of gas?

 

smoke at idle...i would say valve seals.

 

yes it smokes at idle i dont know if it does at wot, i would have to have someone drive behind me. could it be rings even if i have good compression. i have 220 all across

 

bump cause i still need an answer for the question above^^^

also my car smokes when i let of the throttle

 

Sounds like a ring problem to me.

 

would the rings be bad even if my compression is 220 even all across?

 

yes compression and leakdown tests do not indicate oil getting past the rings. I see it all the time.

 

i doing the valves seals this weekend. so i will see what happens

 

well i just did my valve seals yesterday and it still smokes.
i guess its the oil rings on the piston.

 

Can one tell me who to change valve seals with the head still on? Im having the same problem Smoke on idle and during vtec GSR motor

 

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the honda manual will tell you how!

http://hondatech.info/download...tegra/