white smoke

[SuperTuner12010]

Check and see if the seals on your radiator cap...I dont know how but that happened to me...

I was driving home one night and started smelling a bad smell, but didn't know what it was. I got home and there was smoke pouring out of the hood.

Noticed the smoke coming from the cap, replaced it and it was all good.

[Accord_exR]

wouldnt the smoke be white and not blue? if it was the radiator cap seal

[wed3k]

wouldnt the smoke be white and not blue? if it was the radiator cap seal

yea coolant is white and oil is blue. burning oil on acceleration or on cold starts or after you get off the gas or what>

give us a little more details because it can be something like a valve stem seal to something as bad as the piston rings.

[Accord_exR]

it smokes a little at idle but it really smokes BAD when u step into it


WED3k do u still live in iowa.. i remember when i had my 90 EX i talked to u before and i thought u lived in iowa.. ne ways maybe we can hook up sometime.. my buddy owns a 94 accord with a jdm f22b swap.

[Grimsta]

They should only charge 1 hour for a leak down test. Thats what I charge. When you perform a leak down test you pressurize the cyl with shop air. The gauge will indicate the level of leakage. If you get high leakage on a cylinder pop your rad cap and look for bubbles to surface in the coolant. If you see bubbles eventually, its the head gasket. If you have no bubbles you have bad rings. If you get no leakage across all the cylinders its the valve seals

[Djmoua]

blue smoke = oil...how much oil did ya put into the engine?

[Accord_exR]

5 quarts...

[SN2BH22CB7]

blue smoke..

Valve stem seals...OR piston rings!

either or!

either way...you're looking at a rebuild. or either the valvetrain OR the lower half. ( if you're throwing out blue smoke )

so...what someone has already suggested..is to do a leakdown AND compression test.

record each cylinder's compression...if you have for example....

180...180...160...200....

you have a headgasket leak between the two cylinders. Compression from one Cylinder is going into the other. ( leaking-blown headgasket ) ...look at your oil...is it Milky?

if it is...you my friend have a blown headgasket...and you're gonna have to replace the headgasket....drain BOTH the coolant and oil...and after you replace the headgasket...flush out the contaminated coolant..and flush out your engine of the contaminants.

run cheap oil through it..( run )...then drain...then...fill it with good clean oil.

and you're done!...the hard part is ripping the head off ( HINT: use 6 pointed sockets..NOT 12 pointed ones..and use NEW headstuds.....use LEVERAGE..you will need it to get those headnuts off )

Breaker bar and a LONG fucking metal/steel pole...( abracadabra )...easy!

*** GET NEW Headstuds..and NEW OEM headgasket...not no offbrand headgasket.

while you have the head off...inspect the valve seals and/or change them.

[SN2BH22CB7]

5 quarts...

thats a little too much!

4.5 is whats recommended.

5 quarts = too much...

you WILL blow seals from overfilling.


4 quarts...and 1/2 for the filter.

[SN2BH22CB7]

They should only charge 1 hour for a leak down test. Thats what I charge. When you perform a leak down test you pressurize the cyl with shop air. The gauge will indicate the level of leakage. If you get high leakage on a cylinder pop your rad cap and look for bubbles to surface in the coolant. If you see bubbles eventually, its the head gasket. If you have no bubbles you have bad rings. If you get no leakage across all the cylinders its the valve seals

^ thats 100% correct!

[Fake Thug]

Sometimes when you run a leakdown you can hear the compressed air leaking past the valves or excess blowby(hissing) past the rings with the dipstick/oil cap out. If you remove your intake duct and can hear air bypassing, then your intake valves/seats are burned,bent, guides not sealing, same applies to the exhaust side when your feel /hear air escaping out the tailpipe.

A pressure test will bring to light any flaws in your cooling system. You get the engine slightly warm(not normal operating temp).Attach the pressure tester. pressurize the system to the max psi. Start the car and watch the gauge. If the needle drops slow, this indicates a leak in the HG. If it drops fast(shut the car off) the HG isblown.

[Accord_exR]

ok well update on this issue at hand... i drove the car yesterday and got close to home at a stop sign and heard a whistling sound under the hood. parked it and popped the hood.. i couldnt see where it was leaking up top but underneath on the ground i saw a clear fluid.. prob water as i did put water in when the problem first occured to get it home. also my valve cover was extremely hot... hot to the point where i touched it and it scared me.. lolz neways i tried to start it again and wouldnt even turn over.. this morning i tried starting it to move it and it fired up but it smokes like a chimney now WAY worse than it did so im.. getting ready for a new motor... i have a a6 block in the garage with a jdm f22b head on it.. the head has blow by so i need to find a head for the a6 block.

EDIT: <end rant>

[Grimsta]

I got a primo F22 head here but i'm in california I could ship it to you though. $40 for the head, i'll have to see how much shipping is if interested.

Just for reference though: "If you remove your intake duct and can hear air bypassing, then your intake valves/seats are burned,bent, guides not sealing,"
Not entirely correct. When you compression test or leak down test you are only testing the VALVES and RINGS. Guides & seals are not tested in this. BUt if you have a bad smoking habit and no cylinder leakage, then you basically know its the valve seals

But from the sound of your car it definately sounds like a headgasket or ring, no valve issue here. You should just pull the head off and see if its the headgasket, no problemo. If everthing there was good, then you know you got a ring issue. Either way, you should take off the head