puttering and lots of smoke

patrick4588

Integra God
well i got tuned and i was driving around beatin on the car a lil bit and it just started to putter and progressively got worse until it sounded like it was running on 3 cylinders. i limped it home and pulled the plugs. cylinders 1 and 2 were fine. 3 and 4 were covered in oil, along with the spark plug wire (leaking tube seals). it was a lot of oil on each plug to the point it was dripping off and onto the ground when i pulled it. the nuts holding the valve cover down on the left side by those two cylinders were kinda loose and i think thats how the oil got down in them. well i replaced the tube seals and cleaned up the tube a little with a rag. i started the car back up, but didnt drive anywhere. i let it idle for about 10-15 seconds and it was blowing a lot of blue smoke. obviously from the oil being in the combustion chamber. how long should it take for this to burn off? i dont know if its driving better since i just finished with it and im going to bed. im gonna drive it tomorrow morning around the block and see how it does.
 

Aussie

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Blue smoke is not oil, it's coolant. To me it sounds like a bad headgasket, but I didn't see it so can't really say.
 

patrick4588

Integra God
Aussie said:
Blue smoke is not oil, it's coolant. To me it sounds like a bad headgasket, but I didn't see it so can't really say.
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no sir. blue smoke is oil, white smoke is coolant. and the coolant level is fine, and no oil contamination. the oil shows no signs of coolant either. there was no coolant on the plugs either. its not the head gasket.
 

Aussie

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Eh...doesn't need to be on the plugs. Well it could be bad valve guides, doesn't usally go bad on hondas. In that case if oil, might be bad rings. You try putting a heavier weight oil in to see if it calms it down. Also check your EGR valve, that could be bad if the valve body inside isn't moving freely
 


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Aussie

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That's right they have a pcv valve, a purge vave, and an air control valve. So I guess since all those wouldn't cause that and your getting oil in your combustion chambers like you said then you need a rebuild, simple as that. Sorry I was trying to think of something else that would cause that and be a little cheaper for you.
 

patrick4588

Integra God
yes i do! lol. i turned the boost up for the tuning session. its amazing what a little button can do. but yeah the stock gsr rings dont like 13psi from a 60 trim : / it was pretty damn fast until it messed up though. now i get to rebuild like you darkangelgsr!
 

patrick4588

Integra God
so i pulled the head today and everything seems to be in ok shape. cylinder 3 piston looks like part of it melted (not bad) and caused a open spot near the cylinder wall. the rings are toast but the walls looks to be ok. im hoping to get away with getting a good hone and throwing some new pistons and rings in. i got some pics and ill get them up in the morning/afternoon
 
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