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Just bought myself a 2000 Honda Civic si 178k original miles been having my check engine light on with a few problems the obd2 scanner brings up multiple cylinder misfires random misfires and misfire in cylinder 3 and 2 on top of that idles a little bit when it’s cold and when I rev it when it’s cold in neutral it kinda Boggs out but doesn’t turn off it also makes a little ticking noise when it’s on the. When I hit high rpms it blows smoke it even stained my rear bumper with black residue distributor is brand new changed spark plugs bought original ngk wires freshly tune up up new PCv valve and pcv hose checked my compression all my cylinders are putting out 180 and one of them is 190 still continues to idle and blows smoke when hitting high rpms and continues to misfire on the cylinders someone please help I don’t know what to do now or where to start previous owners said he changed valve cover gasket and grommets and did valve adjustment plus it looks like the head gasket was replaced as well someone please help!!!!

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From: Still hunting that foo up there

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Check timing? 🤷 Check fuel pressure. Try a few simple things before giving up and throwing in the towel on the motor. The compression is good after all. The smoke is black not blue, no? So it’s likely burning rich/missing not burning oil. Oh! And triple check your firing order! The recent tune up plus the 2 and 3 cel misfire codes plus the ticking: I bet those wires are mixed up on the distributor. Been there... nice looking car all in all.

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From: the rain state

Replace your spark plugs, plug wires and distributor cap. Sounds like the motor is burning a good amount of oil... I’d do the above and sell it, that si looks like nothing but the previous owners problems.

Rear bumper misaligned, rear lip is half gone, faded paint, **** fender rolling, and no side skirt.

And maybe you should redo the compression test, atleast with a wet test. Cause if it’s burning oil like that it’ll show

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From: the rain state

Where the **** did you get bad valve seals from? He didn’t even mention if it’s blue or white smoke.

And maybe you should research better before you go correcting somebody. BLUE SMOKE IS OIL. A little white smoke on startup would be VALVE STEM SEALS.

But are you blind? Did you not see the picture of the rear bumper covered in black soot? He is burning oil.

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