niterydr
12-11-2003, 01:03 AM
Originally posted by me612@Dec 10 2003, 07:34 PM
hey sorry for the confusion. i have a damn near stock 1g. i was PLANNING on throwing in 2g pistons, but haven't got to it yet, still got 1g pistons in there. I guess i know the pistons had some build up on em when i swapped heads, but i didn't think that much. Could it be possible that the head i put in was shaved a few too many times? could it just be build up? Once i get some time, ill do the MCCC cleaning and see if i get some different numbers. But i still can't tell u if the smoke is white or white with a blue tint. I honestly cant tell the difference unless maybe i seen them both side by side. but if it was the head gasket, wouldn't i be getting bad compression sumwhere? this problem is kinda annoying. Cuz i don't wanna buy a whole new turbo and manifold and O2 housing and ss feedlines and whatever else i decide to get along with the turbo if its not even gunna fix the problem. Cuz i still got christmas presents to buy! anywho anyone know any other checks i could do or anything cuz im kinda stuck on where to go here. thanx
clean the cylinders, and make sure your testing correctly. Machine shops should tell you if its out of spec, and even with the head being out of spec height wise, your compression still shouldn't be that high, unless the car is perfect. So cleaning is #1+ making sure your testing correctly.
White smoke indicates cold startup/ coolent in the exhaust stream, most commonly headgasket, sometimes other coolent leaks. Meanwhile bluish smoke is oil, it almost sounds like the turbo took a shit. Check it for end play, if it moves alot, then odds are the center section is toast. What headgasket did you use? Whats weird is the carbon buildup shouldn't be present if napa cleaned the head the way they were suspose to....
hey sorry for the confusion. i have a damn near stock 1g. i was PLANNING on throwing in 2g pistons, but haven't got to it yet, still got 1g pistons in there. I guess i know the pistons had some build up on em when i swapped heads, but i didn't think that much. Could it be possible that the head i put in was shaved a few too many times? could it just be build up? Once i get some time, ill do the MCCC cleaning and see if i get some different numbers. But i still can't tell u if the smoke is white or white with a blue tint. I honestly cant tell the difference unless maybe i seen them both side by side. but if it was the head gasket, wouldn't i be getting bad compression sumwhere? this problem is kinda annoying. Cuz i don't wanna buy a whole new turbo and manifold and O2 housing and ss feedlines and whatever else i decide to get along with the turbo if its not even gunna fix the problem. Cuz i still got christmas presents to buy! anywho anyone know any other checks i could do or anything cuz im kinda stuck on where to go here. thanx
clean the cylinders, and make sure your testing correctly. Machine shops should tell you if its out of spec, and even with the head being out of spec height wise, your compression still shouldn't be that high, unless the car is perfect. So cleaning is #1+ making sure your testing correctly.
White smoke indicates cold startup/ coolent in the exhaust stream, most commonly headgasket, sometimes other coolent leaks. Meanwhile bluish smoke is oil, it almost sounds like the turbo took a shit. Check it for end play, if it moves alot, then odds are the center section is toast. What headgasket did you use? Whats weird is the carbon buildup shouldn't be present if napa cleaned the head the way they were suspose to....