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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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car has sort of a hesitation down low and smokes when you give it half throttle and my power isnt the same either, also it seems my gas mileage took a **** when this started happening. motor is a stock b16 t3/t4 10 psi crome pro
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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ANYBODY?
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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Do a compression test, both wet and dry. If the numbers on the wet are significantly higher, then your rings or ringlands are mostly shot.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 11:55 AM
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Excatly. But it does sound like your ringlands are going out. So to the dry/wet test to confirm.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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THANKS GUYS. but will that cause sort of a hesitation?
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbo-crx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">THANKS GUYS. but will that cause sort of a hesitation?</TD></TR></TABLE>

When my rings gave out, i just noticed my car was leaking oil like crazy and my exhaust was spewing oil out. No real hesitation though.. i knew it was my rings for sure when i did my compression test.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek_chris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Excatly. But it does sound like your ringlands are going out. So to the dry/wet test to confirm.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It sounds like the complete opposite to me.If the car isnt smoking or consuming oil than ur problem is something else.

Do the tests and go from there, but if it checks out then i would say its ur ignition, wether it be mechanical or ur tune i have no idea.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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i just smoked like crazy, turns out my piston had a hole in it and it crackd the ringland
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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he hee they usually idle like a wrx
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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it doesnt smoke out the downpipe. or leak any oil. smoke is coming from my intake manifold area not my exaust
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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exactly.
my car sounded like a Subaru at idle and part throttle.

i actually kind of liked the sound. the smoke wasn't any fun though.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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I HATE THAT SOUND and my power is alot weaker at part throttle or even half throttle.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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oh and it doesnt smoke that bad at idle but the damn thing barely idles half the time with my 1000cc injectors
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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how is your pcv system set up?
hopefully your setup doesn't inhale the blow by/and or pressurize the crankcase. If you have it set up so you can see the blow by (ie, filter on valve cover, filter on catch can,etc), you'll see a big cloud of **** coming out under boost. If it does that, you don't need any more tests, you know..
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 03:26 AM
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I Have A Breather On The Valve Cover, How Are You Supposed To Tell If A Cloud Of **** Comes Out The Breather Underboost? If Rings Are Bad Does It Smoke Out The Exhaust? The Only Place It Smokes Is Buy My Intake Mani Area
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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im doing a compression test tonight after work. what else would cause the car to smoke by the intake manifold ? could it be injector related like throwing to much fuel in?
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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if compression checks out ok. what else should i look for?
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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j/w what you guys mean by "wet/dry" compression test.
do you do the dry first, then pour a capful of oil down the spark plug hole for wet??
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by esedulerp5tenin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">j/w what you guys mean by "wet/dry" compression test.
do you do the dry first, then pour a capful of oil down the spark plug hole for wet??</TD></TR></TABLE>
^Would also like to know.

Typically how long does it take for ringlands to go if you're daily driving (no hard boosting)?
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbo-crx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im doing a compression test tonight after work. what else would cause the car to smoke by the intake manifold ? could it be injector related like throwing to much fuel in?</TD></TR></TABLE>
is it smoking out of the valvecover breather near the intake mani? Thats a sure sign you have some issues with ringlands.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 07:47 AM
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IT DOESNT SMOKE OUT OF THE BREATHER. IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE A LEAK THAN A MISFIRE AND IT LOOKS LIKE ITS COMING FROM YOUR INTAKE MANIFOLD.
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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u prolly blew the hose off the breather box on the back of the block, oil dripping onto the exhaust?

not much it could be over there;
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 11:47 PM
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try turning off your caps lock, that seems to fix my problems.

just do a compression test, could also be a valve issue, esp since you say the smoke is coming from your intake mani.
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ridin98civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">try turning off your caps lock, that seems to fix my problems. </TD></TR></TABLE>

no ****. This is thread is dumb. Smoke coming from the IM?? Check your breather box. You shouldn't be pressurizing the crankcase under boost, if you are, figure out why and change it.
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