Is smoke out of the breather and dipstick ALWAYS caused by rings not seating?

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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 07:25 PM
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Default Is smoke out of the breather and dipstick ALWAYS caused by rings not seating?

I am by no means new to blowing crap up on my car and then fixing it, but i am curious about something:

I am getting pretty large amounts of smoke out of both my exhaust, dipstick hole, and breather, AND i have what looks like a milky coolant/ oil mixture on top of it all.

I just assembled my motor 230 miles ago and i didnt think a headgasket could cause smoke to come out of the crankcase, am i correct?
Could i just happen to have two separate problems i.e., rings not seating AND a leaking headgasket?

Also. I am not running ANY sort of a PCV system, could that cause a problem too?
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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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Default Re: Is smoke out of the breather and dipstick ALWAYS caused by rings not seating? (V8 BAIT)

More than likely you might have cracked your pistons.....those signs are an indication of this "dilemna"
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 01:10 PM
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 04:38 PM
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Default Re: Is smoke out of the breather and dipstick ALWAYS caused by rings not seating? (V8 BAIT)

What did you rebuild the engine with, I doubt you cracked the pistons. Unless you plugged the pvc system holes, it shouldn't really be forcing smoke to come from the dipstick and breather holes. . .
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 04:44 PM
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I rebuilt with Golden Eagle sleeves which I had a local machinist bore and hone (81mm), with JE 9.8 :1 pistons and rings, crower rods, and proline bearings. I had the crank journals polished and a line bore performed. i set my ring gaps based on the formula JE gives for a car running a forced induction set-up.
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