smokinnnnn

[slocrx]

yea so my ls always kinda gave out a little puff of blue smoke when you get on it and shit. but the past month the car kinda sat cuz my reg expired and i threw on a dc header and test pipe during that time now its smokin like a mothafukka. could it be my valves or rings. just tryin to get some ideas.

just wondering if its an easy fix or what i should do. input is greatly appreciated lol thanks guys

[kbrown!]

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[slocrx]

does it sound like my head is bad? idk tooo much about internals

[kbrown!]

sounds like valve seals if its blue smoke.

[ManTyme]

i think its piston rings or headgasket

[kbrown!]

compression test... headgasket no way
it could be rings do the test and let us know after you have the test done. also to eliminate the headgasket question see if coolant and oil is mixing anywhere in the oil cap in the radiator maybe pull the valve cover. but im deff thinking valve seals.

[panch]

^^^ right track.. it don't sound like anything till you start testing shit.

if your compression comes up above 130psi your are good, and the problem is your valve seals. Make sure you do your compression test WOT, a lot of people don't do that. If you don't have a Compression gauge, your best bet would be to remove the oil dipstick, if you don't have oil fling at you; you are golden. there shouldn't be any major wind coming out.

SMOKE:
White = Water
Blue = Oil
Black = Rich fuel

[POS civic]

If it smokes after you let off the gas or right when you start it in the morning its oil leaking past the valve seals. If it smokes under acceleration its most likely the rings