I have a 94gsr. since I bought the car it burns a lot of oil, white smoke comes out from the exhaust. The idle also messes up. when I turn on the car the idle drops. I have to accelerate till the car warms up. then it stays leveled but when I get to a stop, it drops and then rises steady. there are times when I get to a stop that the idle just drops and stay low like it wants to turn off.

I'm not sure what it is. if you guys want more info let me know. any help would be appretiate.
thanks in advance

 

Any cels?
Do a compression and leakdown test

 

yea i was going to do a compression test, but not sure were to go get it done.

 

Man, sounds like it's a head gasket. Do a leakdown, take the cap off the radiator and look for bubbles and oil, also, check your dipstick to look for coolant in the oil (milky looking) and look under your oil cap.

 

You sure its white smoke? Coolant or water burning causes white smoke. You loosing coolant?

 

yea its white smoke, im not sure if im loosing coolant. i recently did the oil change because it was black.

 

Do it yourself its very easy

 

how?

 

Search its been covered many times. You can rent the compression tester from AutoZone for free

 

yea i did, ok i will do that, ill get back at you guys tomorrow.

 

Did you find out how to do it correctly? Make sure you don't miss any of the steps

 

https://honda-tech.com/forums/acura-rsx-dc5-honda-civic-ep3-32/d-i-y-compression-testing-your-engine-2917115/

 

is that the correct way

 

Im having the same problems in the 01 GSR..

 

try the compression test also

 

Me also 01 gsr..

 

Yes. 94

 

sure it's not condensation? it is winter. just a thought

 

im in california, winter doesnt really exist here lol, this weather is something else

 

bastard

 

what a horrible state

 

so i did the compression test. from left to right i got the numbers 190,185,200,185.
what does that mean? i bought new spark plugs also because they were burn

 

Good compression test. I would say you are burning up coolant, so most likely the head gasket, how many miles.

 

The numbers from the compression test indicate how tightly the head gasket, valves and the piston rings are holding in the compression that the piston is trying to create. If you had a strange reading like 160, 90, 90, 160 that would indicate that theres a really good chance that the head gasket blew inbetween cylinders 2 and 3. If you have low readings like 90 all the way across that would indicate that your piston rings or valves are letting compression seep by and if your piston rings are bad you can burn oil. How many miles are on the motor? if you have good compression but are still burning oil that could mean that the valve guide seals are bad and your engine is breathing in oil from around the valves and burning it off.

Like it was mentioned earlier, look for a shiny film in your coolant to indicate that oil and combustion gasses are getting into the cooling system. Also check for the mikshake in the oil because oil and water mixing together will make a milky white film that pretty much coats everything from the underside of the valve cover to the underside of the oil cap.

 

it had 150k on the read when i bought it, but guy said he rebuilt the motor and it had 50k ontop.