Sup people.. Newbie here so please bare with me. I have a 94 Acura integer and I just rebuilt the motor. New rings, bearings, cylinder honed, valve seals, head pressure tested. Motor work was done by machine shop. Problem I'm gettin is the car is smoking blue smoke. Especially goin down hill.. Goin up hill doesn't smoke but when leveling out vehicle tends to smoke. Machine shop said the rings I got were chrome plated rings so is kind of a pain to seat them, he says smoke should clear up within 200 miles. I have 100 miles on it and smoke has gotten alittle better but it's still smoking which is kinda bugging me. Anyone has any tricks or comments on what the problem could be or has ever had this problem before. Lmk thanks

 

Try seafoaming it.

 

The machinist gave me some break in additives and told me to run straight 30w oil to help with the break in. Smoke has gotten a little better but its still smoking.

 

Is the car boosted?

 

n/a motor

 

Did you break the motor in properly?

 

I been doing 2, 3 gear pulls, goin up hills to put load on the rings, stayin less than 55 mph and stayin under 5500 rpm so far.. I kinda been doin hard acceleations butthats about it.. Changed the oil after 20 mins after initial start up.

 

Dd you put the rings in right way around? If they're installed upside-down, smoke will result.

 

the machine shop did all the bottom end work so I am assuming he did everything correctly. the machine shop has a good reputation and I believe he did the job correctly. But, I know that people make mistakes even pros so Ill jus have to wait and see if the smoke clears within 500 miles. If not Im sure I'll have to rip this motor apart again....SMH

 

Broke mine in on the dyno, first pull I filled the entire shop with blue/black/white smoke scared the **** outta me. But after a few more pulls zero smoke, sounds like it's still working its way. Try giving hard acceleration and lift off while in gear to let the rings expand outwards on all gears.

 

UPDATE: just finish doing a leak down test here are my results
Cylinder 1: 10%
cylinder 2: 17%
cylinder 3: 12%
cylinder 4: 9%

Are these bad numbers?? Keep in mind this motor was Honed, installed new rings and bearings, and valve seals. Motor has about 130 miles so far and nit fully broken into yet..