So a while back I thought I had a bad headgasket so I replaced my headgasket and my valve seals while I was at it. However I did not resurface my head at that time nor did I get it resurfaced when I got my block work done a while back.

So after that my motor still smokes to this day. I only see it when I am going from a stop like at a light just starting to cruise. The smoke is mainly white which is indicative of coolant but there might be a hint of blue/grayish tint to it. Its kinda hard for me to tell at times what the color is. I dont see any smoke once I get to cruising speed or when I even floor it in the middle of a gear. The only other time I see smoke is when I am slowing down and try to downshift into a lower gear.

So last week I do a compression test with the motor cold. All the readings were a constant 250 across the board. I am not sure if the readings would be different were my motor warm or if I put a little oil in each of the cylinders. I did notice a slight amount of oil on the combustion side of one of my spark plugs, so I wiped that off.

So today I check the spark plugs and they are all oil free. I take off the radiator cap and let the engine warm up and there are some bubbles that appear when I rev the engine, so that could possibly be a bad headgasket. There is no mixing of oil and coolant in the coolant reservoir but when I check the oil dipstick the oil does seem a little thin as in there might be a little coolant in there.

Also, it seems that whenever I am in the middle of a hard turn and punch the gas a little bit, there is a large amount of white white smoke coming out, but only on the turn.

I took off the oil cap and it smells somewhat like fuel for some reason. If that has anything to do with anything.

One of my friends suggested changing the PCV valve so I went ahead and did that but it still smokes.

So anyways, I am tired of typing and you are probably tired of reading this. Any suggestions on what it could be? I plan on doing a leakdown test sometime to see if I can find anything else out.

 

Figure out what color smoke it is for sure...then this might be of a little help...

Blueish grey = oil
Black = gas
white = coolant.

I would say change your oil and see what that does.

 

Man i feel you on the smoking issue. My 96 spec R motor smokes like none other when I get on it. People say it sometimes smells like oil and sometimes smells like fuel but I dont really know what to do. Im running a chipped ECU with an all-motor program in it. I have also tried changing out the PCV valve and going back to regular 10w 30 oil but that didnt help either. Anyone that can help me out here would be greatly appreciated. I also did my Compression test and got 250 all the way across.