Alright, well when I start the car and its cold - the exhaust spits out some water, but its black, (carbon) wondering why it does this? After its heated up it doesnt seem to do this???

 

Condensation.

 

do you always have little black oily specks all over your rear bumper. If so then most likely you have an oil consumption problem.

 

and what would cause that? The oil consumption problem- I have these "black specs" have better than 0% leak down-

 

you could still have bad oil control rings. a leakdown test may only give you good numbers if your compression rings are good. most of the time it wont tell you if your oil control rings are good. You could also have worn valve guides or seals

 

When I was losing oil on my suppossedly 45k and under engine swap changeover that I bought for $3500, I noticed that the rear bumper had oil spots on it that I cleand off coming from the exhaust.

Bad rings.

 

Hmmm, sounds like a swap is coming sooner then expected

 

what about carbon deposits in the exhaust landing on the bumper, is it possible that coudl be the case? I rebuilt the entire motor and replaced everything, so I hope it's not something like guides or valve seating.....also interested in the condensation, inside my tip there is water does that = bad fuel?


[Modified by advanracing62, 9:05 AM 9/16/2002]

 

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