i think i screwed up
 

well, i never knew if my car smoked so i'm not sure what to think...


about a week ago i replaced the timing belt on my car, and i guess when i finished i forgot to put the air tube on the valve cover, well today i noticed my car acting a little funny, but i thought it was just me... then tonight i saw some smoke coming out of my car on a turn...

i don't know what to think, i'm pissed though, if my car is smokin it will definately put a hurt on my turbo project yet again...

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what color are the smoke.
smell?
amount?
from where?
what thottle position?

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well after i saw it i looked away because i didn't want to believe it, but it was down hill around a loop in the road, so probably right when i started puttin the gas down about med. throttle, and exhaust... that is as far as i know right now...

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Once again.

And I dont think you screwed up since I dont think a car will smoke after a timing belt change.

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also could you explain what all these would mean? hopefully it was just something else and i'm overreacting but dang if i'm not this really sucks, this is gonna be my last honda, next car is just gonna be a stock car, nothing special... hopefully when i get out of school and get a real job i'll be able to afford a mini, i kind of like the looks of them...

but yeah could you explain what all of that would mean?

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are you serious?

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lol:color=what color the smoke was, ask a friend if youre colorblind
smell=what the smoke smelled like if you got a whiff of it
amount=how much there was
from where=you answered that one
what throttle position=got that one too

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what part, i used to hear something like white smoke is coolant, and blue is oil or something like that, but what would be bad and what would be good

if you meant the car part, i'm done with hondas because of the idiots around here with them, i've already had the cops called on me a couple times because my car was reported doing all kinds of things, i just want to get a low profile car, or a rare car, i've never saw a mini around here, and i think they can come stock supercharged

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smart ass, i'm not that stupid, i mean like what different colors of smoke mean, and smell

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he wasent being a smart ass. he was telling you since you asked a dumb question. USE ADJITIVES WHAT DID YOU SEE. this isint multipal choice we wernt there.

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i know, but i was asking what the different colors mean, i think it was whitish, but i'm not sure, so i was asking what the different things would mean so when i look tomorrow i'll know if i should throw full coverage on and wreck the car, or if its coolant

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instead of whining and comming up with fag ideas like buying a mini...wtf??!!...you should answer the people that are trying to help you...i'm just amazed at how you managed 400+ posts being this stupid

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whatever, i'm pissed, tired, and gotta get a program done for school

like i said before, i really tried not to pay attention to it because i didn't want to see it, i think it was grey, and i could see it out the hatch window going 30-40 mpg so there was a good amount, thats about all i can remember

now my question is what color of exhaust is coolant vs. oil?

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Youre not too far from him with the post count Noob :P...j/k.

He reminds me of one of these faggots who wears a suit to school, has piano fingers and wouldnt know where his hood latch is if his life depended on it.

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Why are you yelling at people that are trying to help you? Your the one typing in another language. Nice and slow for you....Ready now?


What Color Is The Smoke ?

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no smoke is good, black is ok, and exhaust during cold temps outside that show up are ok, but if was white or blue, say your prayers.

have fun with your mini :-\

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What color and odor was the smoke ya fuckn' retard.

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i've actually done quite a bit to my hatch, i'm usuallly not so dense, but it's close to finals, today we got three programs to do in school and i've been working on them, went to work tonight, and came home and changed my passenger side strut (my car was bouncing like a basketball), if i wouldn't have did this tonight i probably wouldn't have saw the tube wasn't connected to the valve cover...

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Once again you failed to answer a simple question, how do you expect the HMT Techs to come up with a solution for you when we dont know the exact problem, once again, Where from and what color, heck go outside and check and come back and tell us.

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eh, thank you for answering my question, and i just said mini because it was a car i've been looking at, that and a few vw's... hondas are being over populated here, it was nice before when myself and like two others were the only hondas around

when my crx was smokin i rebuilt it and i should have just got a b16 like i wanted too, but i didn't think i'd be spending so much, i went in without thinking and when it was all said and done instead of having like 400 to start the turbo project i had about -200... so i got this car and bought a rollover ex and switched everything into my cx and was planning on going turbo this summer, i'm not sure if it would be worth it for me to try changing the head gasket or not, i don't think much mantaince was done to this car, so with 130,000 miles i guess it couldn't hurt to check

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he cant he doesnt know where t
he hood latch is

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i would go outside but i wouldnt see much, its about midnight

at idle there is no smoke

my crx didn't smoke at idle either though... and it was in bad shape...

i just can't believe i forgot to put that tube on, i got done with the timing belt and i just wanted to drive

my crx was more of a bluish, but id bet this smoke was like a whitish greyish


edit: callin it a night, i'll get more details tomorrow, and if you guys will still help i'll post and see what you guys think of it

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that`s what we all said LOL

my car use to smoke once a while, i wouldn`t worry about it unless it keeps on smoking.

no timing belt replacement/ loosen PCV will cause it to smoke. (unless you ---- something up :P )

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yeah i suppose so, my crx was my last too, i'm just getting tired of the little ---- jobs, like tonight switching struts, i'd love to get started with turbos and all that, i've put a lot of blood into this car to stop now, i even took a break from cars and got into modding xbox's and gaming a bit, now that i'm paying attention to my car again everythings falling to ----

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Take of the air intake rev it up too 5500 rpm and through a handful of fine gravel in there. It helps reseat the rings. Good Luck :P

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oh yeah? i thought it was supposed to be sugar in the fuel tank.....

but anyways i just did a search in google.. found this http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1216066 i guess if it is white smoke it isn't that bad, shouldn't put me back too bad in cash, hopefully i was just seein ---- though, i'll update tomorrow

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if its coming out from under the hood off the throttle its not your headgasket.... ir might be leaking alittle but i doubt it. and head gaskets are cheep and not a big deal. you know how to take the timing belt off. take the exaust mani off. leave hte intake mani on or take it off. whatever works. scrape whats left of the old gasket off and torque it back down.

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yeah, if it's the head gasket i'm not too worried...

eh, gonna find out soon if i see anymore smoke

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good news drove today and i didn't see any smoke, hammered it done and i didn't see anything...

could it have just been smoking because that hose wasn't hooked up? i have a short ram intake and the tub goes on to the intake so i was using some 'unfiltered' air...

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Worst. Thread. Ever. :-X

Why the ---- do you ask a question when you have no idea what you're talking about? My car's smoking but I'm not sure it's smoking because I didn't see it smoking because I couldn't believe it was smoking so I looked away from the smoking.

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basically yeah, i was pissed, that was all i needed to worry about was another motor that needs rebuilt

did i see smoke? yeah i did.. do i know why? no, thats why i came on here to get some things to check out

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sometimes it`s the car in front of you that`s smoking and u through they are yours after u went thought the cloud of smoke :P

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it could have been, went the rest of the day no smoke of what i saw, so maybe for some reason with the hose disconnected it was smoking, or some other weird reason, i'm still gonna keep an eye on my oil / coolant / and every once in a while glance back for smoke

on the other hand i found a local civic for sale, 89 dx hatchback.. 400 bones, not sure if i want to get that or spend it in parts for mine, i guess i should keep it to one project at a time

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if it was coolant, the smoke would taste sweet ( anti freeze ) and the smoke would be white. pop your hood and open up your oil breather and rev your car,and if it puffs white, you need ring lands ;)

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yeah and you can do this in your driveway, start the car, put it in neutral and rev the engine. then find out if/where it's smoking instead of driving through traffic in your reaview mirror.

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Park it in an enclosed garage so the wind doesn't blow the smoke away.

I guarantee you'll have an answer in less than 15 minutes. Problem solved!

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Dude that air tube not being hooked up to your valve cover mad fuxord your engine, your timing will never be right ever again and you probly bent your intake valves. Where you smoking a cigarette when you saw the smoke out the back (perhaps it was cig smoke)? If it smelled like burning leaves perhaps you had some burning leaves under the hood. (PS. Can I have some of your posts?) ::) ::)