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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 03:28 PM
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hey honda-tech users im having a problem. idk why my car is blowing white smoke, maybe white and blue-ish smoke i dont think its the head gasket cause i barely changed it and torqued the head bolts right. i notice my motor gets really hot but my temp gauge reads fine. it dont over heat. sometimes water goes down, not to where its empty tho. can it be my sensor on the thermostat housing? or is it the valve seals? does any of ya knoe or been thru what im going thru, please help me out thanks
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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A sensor should not cause the white smoke. Did you do a compression test to verify it isn't the headgasket?
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 03:59 PM
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I know when my LS did it one ring was fried and the valve seals.....but it did that number from running full rev on bone stock internals
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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no i havent done a compression test. ill do it and c how it goes.
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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the head gasket did blow before tho and water got inside. u think it can be a high chance of the compression being messed up? and if it is, how would u fix it?
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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was the head warped. did you have a machine shop look at the head to make sure everything is okay.
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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no i didnt, if the head was bad would there be a power lag?
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 05:17 PM
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well you probably have a warped head causing the head to not mate with the block.
does the car over heat?
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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idts my temp gauge is normal and water don't evaporate.
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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u think it can b a piston ring?
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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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hey honda-tech users im having a problem. idk why my car is blowing white smoke, maybe white and blue-ish smoke i dont think its the head gasket cause i barely changed it and torqued the head bolts right. i notice my motor gets really hot but my temp gauge reads fine. it dont over heat. sometimes water goes down, not to where its empty tho. can it be my sensor on the thermostat housing? or is it the valve seals? does any of ya knoe or been thru what im going thru, please help me out thanks
I hope English is not your primary language. Unless you're in grade school my apologizes.

so did or did you not blow a headgasket prior?

After you change a Head Gasket the car is going to smoke for awhile, in some cases a long while. water is still in the exhaust and needs to burn (smoke) itself out.

Do your water hoses feel tight as if the coolant system is under abnormal pressure? typically if your HS is breached or blown you will notice the top radiator hose is bulging from too much pressure.

many ways to test, compression test is good, or the block tester stuff thats sold at parts stores. turns color if exhaust gases are in the coolant system.
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