dork

well everything is installed and started, but i did not weld up the muffler... so practically i run straight from the manifold. is it normal for smoke comeing out.? white smoke*

civicvtecb16a

Are you sure its white smoke and not steam/condensation?

What does it smell like?

White smoke is bad!

dork

yeah im sure its white smoke.. i welded the muffler on straight pipe and smoke keep coming out.... oh man help

racingchik

urgh dork, im not sure but my car also has white smoke, i thought its normal. but what does it mean? my smell like oil

davcivic

Either burning water, or burning oil.

Burning water, very bad, maybe a bad headgasket or something worse.

Burning oil, maybe your turbo seals are bad and some oil is sipping thru and burning off. Not too bad, except you need to check your oil level everyonce in a while.


Check and see if you can see any water bubbles on your oil dipstick. If you do, ouch, water is the problem. If not most likely a new turbo will fix it.

racingchik

hmmz i was messing with the oil line and oil was everywhere... the return line was leaking... the thing is would the turbo stop giving boost if this does happen?

davcivic

Not really, unless the turbo itself, inside, would seize or just stop spinning form lack of oil, then yes I guess it could happen, but I think I read your other post and don't think this is your problem

quadnie

Do a compression check while you're at it. You should know what burning oil smells like.. even an over-abundance of fuel will give off some gray smoke.