Car never smoked till i put a S2 mani, a 4-1header and a FPR. Car smokes! HELP! « » 12:00 PM 10/22/2007 Reply Edit

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got a 94 eg hatch
bought a obd1 gsr swap from ana trade.

didnt do nothing at first but water pump and timing belt.

bone stock gsr was in the car for about 2 months NEVER SMOKED ONCE!

always used mobil 1 extended performance .(only had 2 oil changes since motor was in)

pulled the motor out this past weekend. put my brand new skunk 2 pro series manifold on, my brand new aem fuel pressure regulator, my act 6 puck clutch and pressure plate and my jdm type r 4-1 header.

i have an apexi n1 catback exhaust.


----------------- noticed a smell about a day or two after the motor was back in. like a burning smell, my buddy drove it and said it smoked the first time he got on it.

im starting to see smoke in the higer rpms/vtec.

cant tell if its white or black

black resedue on bumper but the smoke looks white, my muffler is always moist? water????? it dripps while running?

motor should have less than 50,000 miles on it

didnt have a CEL after parts and motor were in and on. motors been running since saturday night and noticed the smoke yesterday evening

always run 93 octane

HELP

is it piston rings?
what could it be?
fuel pressure?
injectors?

?????????????????????????


i realized i didnt have my pcv vavle hooked up but now it is.

and it still doing the same thing but getting worse?


could a leak cause this? either a intake mani or exhaust mani leek?

help

 

did you run a leakdown test on your engine yet?

if your smoke smells like gas, then you can be running rich..

does the black resedue on your back bumper is carbon? if so, you are running rich..

leave the engine on by 2-3 mins and check if there is some water on your muffler, if so... you must change your headgastket

c-ya