SR20det Smoking

[dshytz]

Hello, can anyone one give me any ideas on why my Sr20det redtop is Smoking(white smoke) when i start it. It just all of a sudden, i drove it, parked it, started it 2 days later and the engine began sputtering and spitting out white smoke. so I decided to change the spark plugs and they were black as night, checked my gas pump, checked almost all the wiring...but nothing helped. What can it be? the last time i drove it, it ran fine. HEEEELLLPPPP!!!!! PLEASSEE!!!!

[Mike Peters]

where do you live?

[markeese180sx]

turbo going bad? headgasket gave out?

edit: any coolant in your sparkplug valley?

[zerodrifter]

ummmmm valve seals.....

[HoosierDrifter]

mine is doing the same thing... except only at idle 15% of the time. i figure my problem is a headgasket bout ready to pop.

[Chachi]

does it go away when you drive? does it get worse when you floor it? are you running a SAFC or the like? is smoke pure WHITE or slightly blue or grey? Are the plugs shiny gooey black? carbon black? smell like fuel? more info would get you a better answer without someone actually looking at it.

my car lets out tons of greyish smoke when I let it idle for a while after running it hard, but I am not losing coolant, so I believe its my turbo seals

[dshytz]

Hey fellas, thanks for replying,

Well, starting from first question down, I'm located in huntington beach,Ca.
Okay, It's spitting out white or grey smoke, tough to tell. When i changed the plugs, after my car took a dump, the plugs were black (old plugs) and a lil shiny. My car has always ran rich, so yes there is the smell of 91 octane. I don't have a AFC or SAFC. It feels like i'm losing compression. My car was running fine until the day i started it up. It does get worst of course when i try to floor it, (didn't want to screw things up any more then it was). I think all questions were answered. Just curious, if it's a head gasket, how hard, from 1 to 10, is it to fix? Valve seal? I'm an amatuer when it comes to mechanics. Any help would be great. Thanks again everyone.

[dshytz]

anyone? Help ca...r... dy...ing.

[dshytz]

where do you live?

Huntingto beach, Cali

[Momentum_GT]

If you haven't already try doing a compression test to possibly rule out or find out if it's your head gasket thats going out. I would also advise doing a leak down test as well to see if your valves are bad. Hope that helps any.

-Jon

[dshytz]

If you haven't already try doing a compression test to possibly rule out or find out if it's your head gasket thats going out. I would also advise doing a leak down test as well to see if your valves are bad. Hope that helps any.

-Jon

hey ya, when ya say valves, what does that mean and what does it do? And what are turbo valves? man, this is though work.... when doing a compressin test what exactly are we looking for here? leak down? thanks everyone. great info so far....

[K's Factory]

do A leak down test and also a compression test... also it could be that your piston rings are shot.does it smell like oil or coolent??

[dshytz]

do A leak down test and also a compression test... also it could be that your piston rings are shot.does it smell like oil or coolent??

Smells like gas mainly. and maybe oil? it's tough to tell. thanks.

[dshytz]

turbo going bad? headgasket gave out?

edit: any coolant in your sparkplug valley?

Hey markeese or anyone, would you happen to know how to figure out if the turbo is going bad? Thank you

[Chachi]

usual signs are oil in your intercooler pipes, smoking on take off, loud noise coming from turbo and low boost, shaft play in wheel