I searched and found another thread but the user had compression of 120 across the board. My problem is that I have compression of 210 across the board but am still getting smoke out of the breather filter on idle. Could it still be my ringlands?

I am running the Endyn catchcan with the drainback feature and the filter. I am getting smoke out of the tailpipe but it has a blue tint and I attribute that to my bad turbo seals. I'm stumped. Thanks for any input.

 

I have to add that when I took the plugs out I saw smoke coming out from the #2 cylinder. Can this mean my headgasket is blown? I have been noticing I have been losing coolant and I can smell some coming from the engine bay sometimes when I drive.

 

open your radiator cap and fill it up, then rev your engine, if the radiator overflows the head gasket can be blown. sorry for my bad Eng

 

not really ringlands, but could be oil rings going bye-bye

 

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I bet if you go do that to your stock car it will overflow.

 

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You're wrong though. Start with a leak down to see if anything is wrong.

 

it could be ringlands; it could also be worn rings due to improper break-in.

I am thinking a leakdown test might help ya.

 

same thing happened to my motor. Then a few weeks later it blew the headgasket. You may not have the same problem but if you want to check for a headgasket leak you can buy a tool with a spark plug fitting on one end and an air hose fitting on the other. Then blow some compressed air into each cylinder or the one with low OR in my case no compression at all.. If the air comes out the top of the rad or where the head is mated to the block its your headgasket.....

 

Thanks guys. I will be doing a leakdown test at my friends shop either Monday or Tuesday.

Another friend also told me a way to pinpoint which cylinder, if any, has anything wrong with it.

He basically said to start the car and let it idle, then pull the injector clips one by one. When doing this, check to see if the car bogs, if the car doesn't bog or hesitate when I pull the injector on a certain cylinder, there is a problem with that cylinder. Does that make sense and is it a logical thing to do to rule out it being bad rings?

 

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Another friend also told me a way to pinpoint which cylinder, if any, has anything wrong with it.

He basically said to start the car and let it idle, then pull the injector clips one by one. When doing this, check to see if the car bogs, if the car doesn't bog or hesitate when I pull the injector on a certain cylinder, there is a problem with that cylinder. Does that make sense and is it a logical thing to do to rule out it being bad rings?</TD></TR></TABLE>


that would work if you were havving a cyl with no compression or not firing.

and ive got the same thing going on. 190 real good compression and 10-15% leakdown, my car smokes out of my z10 catchcan at anything from light throttle up