Just put a b20 in my eg hatch and it is throwing white smoke.
Keeps turning off on my on every stop light.
Could it be that my rings are bad ???

 

anyone

 

keeps burning alot of oil thats why it make me think rings are bad

 

Blown head gasket, bad rings/pistons, etc. - smoke can mean a lot of different things, and none of the possibilities are good ones.

Compression test?

Cooling system pressure test?

Have you done anything other than drive it so far?

 

white smoke generally isnt rings, probably a head gasket issue. white smoke=coolant, black=oil

 

no i haven't done a compresion test
or the cooling system
its my dd took it to the track a couple of time but thats it and for bolt on's just cold air intake and fuel rail and was running it open headers for about a month since my headers were to but for the piping but that is taking care off

 

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I was going to say the same thing.

 

the oil is problaly mixing with the coolant, problaly why your going through alot of oil.
sounds like the headgasket except for shutting off...

 

no black=burning rich. oil=white smoke with blue tint

 

White smoke=coolant
Black smoke=too much fuel
Blue smoke=oil

 

check your oil for coolant and vise versa, and then change the headgasket before you cause damage from driving it too much.

 

car is most likely shutting off cause of low compression or to much water in your cyl. I am going to say you need a head gasket also. Take off your rad cap and start the car...if water bubbles alot or gushes out your head gasket is bad that is the easy way to check if it does not bubble alot right away let the engine warm up so the t-stat opens up

 

pull out your dip stick and if the oil is a milk chocolate color than your oil and coolant are mixing. then you need a head gasket.

or if your exhaust smells sweet like radiator fluid you need a head gasket.

 

smoke is gone and the idle of the car is more steady stays at 1000 rpm still drops but has not been turning off not taking a risk gonna change the gasket

 

i have oil mixing into my radiator, does this mean i have a blown head gasket??

 

This is an old thread make a new one.

But yes probably a blown gasket.unless you poured oil in your coolant

 

Wow, 6 year old thread bump. Don't do that. Ever. Ever ever. There's no reason for it.

If you have oil and coolant mixing, either you have SERIOUSLY mixed up lines, or you have a blown head gasket.

 

Gee golly wizkid I believe so.