just recently something went wrong with the motor and i have white smoke coming out of my exhaust. i know it could be a head gasket but someone also told me that it could be a bad ring too...if this is a possibility then i would probably be leaning more towards that just because of the way it sounds when im driving it.. sooo how would i check to see if it is a bad ring without ripping the whole motor apart? TIA

 

Headgasket.

Bad rings you will have blue smoke coming out. (correct me if I'm wrong)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cycopath &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Headgasket.

Bad rings you will have blue smoke coming out. (correct me if I'm wrong)</TD></TR></TABLE>

..ok well if its not rings then is there any thing else besides a headgasket that could cause antifreeze to get into the motor?

 

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..ok well if its not rings then is there any thing else besides a headgasket that could cause antifreeze to get into the motor?</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope bad HG

 

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its either a blown head gasket, cracked head, or cracked block. My moneys on the headgasket.

 

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nope bad HG</TD></TR></TABLE>

ok thanks.. is it normal for the motor to make a weird sound with a bad hg though?

 

You want to replace that HG ASAP!!! If you keep driving like this you can warp the head or block and it will never seal correct again.

 

im not driving it i only took it out to try to diagnose the problem..but any ideas on what the noise could be?

 

oh and what is everybody's thoughts on a cometic vs oem gasket.. i might be going turbo this summer so i figured id do it while its out now

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cleanej2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh and what is everybody's thoughts on a cometic vs oem gasket.. i might be going turbo this summer so i figured id do it while its out now</TD></TR></TABLE>

3 layer steel. I'm assuming you have a D15B7? I really wouldn't recomend turboing that after its blown a headgasket, its hard enough trying to keep them from blowing a second time naturally aspirated.

 

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3 layer steel. I'm assuming you have a D15B7? I really wouldn't recomend turboing that after its blown a headgasket, its hard enough trying to keep them from blowing a second time naturally aspirated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

forgot to mention the b7 was just swapped out for a b16a a couple months ago

 

no one knows what that sound could be??

 

well if it's white smoke, it CANNOT be your rings.

If it were your rings, you'd be burning oil. Hence blue smoke.

It sounds more like a headgasket.

Unless it sounds like a scooby....mine did when it cracked a sleeve. White smoke everywhere!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jasony0630 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well if it's white smoke, it CANNOT be your rings.

If it were your rings, you'd be burning oil. Hence blue smoke.

It sounds more like a headgasket.

Unless it sounds like a scooby....mine did when it cracked a sleeve. White smoke everywhere!</TD></TR></TABLE>

there's really not that much smoke.. but something like a grinding/scraping sound when i give it some gas.. not so much when driving normally

 

any knocking??

try to do a leakdown test/compression test.

 

ya i would compression check it and replace your headgasket, those are the exact things that were happening with mine before i swapped it out