Ok, my car started to blow smoke about a week ago, car never over heated, but i was low on coolant, i got new headgasket put it on, car started right up, but its till smoking, and i am getting code 7(throttle angle) and 10(intake air temp) and ideas how to fix the codes, and what is still smoking

 

anyone, plz, really need help on this one

 

same thing happened to me twice
once on a 89 civic cx and once on an 88 crx dx.
i just changed the whole motor then it was fine.

 

replace the sensors or check the wire connections,check your grounds and about the smoke what color is it?..its probably piston rings or valve seals or some kind of seal action bro

 

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when you changed the head gasket, did you get a chance to inspect the piston rings and valve seals. then would have been a good time to check both.

 

maybe you didnt get a good job when you got the head resurfaced.

 

Could be just some left over coolant burning off....

 

does the car burn any oil?... if it does it is probably the valve seals or piston rings... if it burns an excessive amount of oil i would look at thevalve seals first as they usually gobble up oil

 

Change oil, oil filter if it still smokes you are still leaking coolant in from the rings or somewhere or another. but have fun

 

if it still does it after a while I would start thinking a warped head. I had the same problem even after I changed the head gasket, so I changed the head (z6) no more problems. I think my old head was warped.

 

well the smoke is white, and it smells like coolant, the car doesnt use oil, never did, and i still need to know how to fix code 7 and 10, i am thinking of just getting a DOHC ZC, that would fix whole problems, but maybe not the codes, i gota see

 

How long have you let it run?
The last car I replaced a head gasket on,
it took about an hour to stop smoking because
the exhaust system was full of anti-freeze..

 

Low on coolant? The smoke is coming from where, the engine bay or the tail pipe? If it's from the engine bay, you may have the same problem I did, a leaking radiator hose. Have you ever noticed anti-freeze on your driveway?

HTH