Well guys.. it seems like on these cars, theres a common problem of black smoke puffing out when hittign vtec or high rpm's.
Well, just curious how many are out there have this problem with your car? Does your car still run strong? Does it bother you? And how many of you have had this problem, but got it fixed somehow.

 

valve seals?? maybe or your rings...... how many miles and how do you drive

 

It all depends on the condition that you're motor is in, how you drive the car factors into it as well.

 

i have the exact problem with my type r, and the bumper is all full of black shyt.....what is that, i thought its just burning oil or something

 

i have this problem...but dont worry about it too much it only happens in VTEC for me and its not alot i never see it..but when i look at my car i can see it on my rear bumper...

 

i hat that problem to my valve seats were worn so i just did a complete rebuild of the motor ....i drive it hard i love chasing down wrx,sti ad evos haha

yea and i own a sti too ...... strange my freinds say im a trator but i dont care haha

but it just depends on how you drive it and milage on the motor

 

I have it worse than most. If anyone seen my caR (97 in Novice class with #105 in the windshield) at ITR EXPO, it was bad. Smoke and black shyt on the bumper. Ate a lot of oil. But i hve 140k on my motor.

 

haha i would have see you if i wasn't deployed to Iraq haha

 

i still have this problem, i rebuild my engine less than 1500 miles on it, and it stills gets my bumper dirty, i was thinking that was problably the muffler, and when i turn the car on in the morning when cold it smokes like for 5 secons and then goes away, what can i do to fix this?

 

i have a 97 and it has about 95,8xx on it now. I drive regularly and shift at 3k since its my daily driver, and i RARELY go pass that anymore, i rarely mess around anymore. But when i do hit vtec or ho high rpm, my bumper gets black and smoke comes out so yea. I got my valve seals changed.. and it still does it haha.
Thats probally the only thing i dont really like about my car :/

 

i drive a PY, i get the same thing. i hit vtec, and get a quick puff of smoke, then it stops all the way to redline. i figured it wasnt such a big deal.

 

might be blow by??

 

its when you hit vtec. its oil burning. i would imagine if you got a tune, it would go away. but its nothing bad.

 

one thing that bothers me about the smoke problem is.. there could be so many possibilities on what it could be from what i read from other threads, and everyone tells me different problems. But i'll probally get my car tuned and see how it tunes out

 

meh...high chances are that its just your oil burning. all vtec motors burn oil when vtec cracks. like i said, nothing you need to worry about.

when you "get on it" does your car smell different? like burning oil? haha

 

I LOVE VTEC AT 9000 RPM BUT I HATE THE BURNING OIL SMELL!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

 

WOW...

Ok let me brake this down...

White smoke = coolant (mostly head gasket issues)
Blue smoke = oil burning/burnt
Black smoke = unburnt fuel aka burning rich.

Is the smoke actually black, or blue?

 

i fixed my head, so there is no more white smoke, but dave, sorry for asking a dumb question.. but how could i fix the burning rich? thanks alot

 

Is the car stock, mod'd?

Stock, it could be the O2, cat or other factors.

If mod'd, make sure the tuner does his job right and it will no longer be running rich.

 

What about greyish is that considered black?

 

Ive seen this "problem" on a lot of Hondas with out cats. I wouldnt be to worried about it...

 

lol i know but thanks. and what is your 2 cents? im just assuming, but i think your guess is the same as mine. and i think the owner of the car cant tell the color of the smoke from driving...just from what people have told him.

sorry not trying to be rude.

 

i second dave_b. good tune.

 

Dave B knows his ****

another thing to consider is the oil you use, Mobil 1 synthetic left black residue on my back bumper, I switched to Royal Purple and it's been a lot better

 

My 97 Prelude had this "problem". It had 220k on the clock and puffed a little, I never really cared much as I figured it was normal. My ITR does it too.