Re:smoke comming out of the valve cover breather and overheating...
 

Sound like you might have some broken rings. If it's broken rings you should be able to tell because of a lack of power. When I broke mine, smoke came out the breather filter constantly, and the car felt sluggish.

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my car doesn't feel slugish at all. it feels like it has the same power, it just overheats after 8 or 10 runs and smoke comes out of the breathers. i just got home from buying a compression checker. the truth shall be revealed.

Re:smoke comming out of the valve cover breather and overheating...
 

headgasket....same thing is happening to me right now

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i'ma do a compression test this afternoon >:( if it's the hg, the operation begins tommorow. i've never done this before :'( so it's gonna be a long day. this is on a b series

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if it's the headgasket then it has to be a realy small leak. i went for a quick drive to the store and to and from i doged it and it didn't overheat this time. last night when i went to buy the compresion checker tool i also bought some restore oil additive cause when i did an oil change 2 weeks ago i used cheap walmart brand supertech 20-50w and i started thinking maybe that oil started getting too thin, especialy under hard use. who knows, i haven't done the compression check yet though if it's all good on that i'm adding synthetic oil and i'm dumping the walmart oil all over their front entrance.lol not realy

Re:smoke comming out of the valve cover breather and overheating...
 

i did the compression check but i did it without having the throttle body open while checking the compression. anyways it's a b16 and it was 90-95 on first compression stroke on all four cylinders and 210-215 on the 5th to 7th compression stroke on all four. i know those are good readings but i didn't have the throttle wide open while testing. does it make a big difference? anybody ever done it like that?

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ring lands own you!! sad to say but you need new pistons

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i don't need new pistons you schmuck ;D my uncles a mechanic and i called him up and he said it doesn't make a difference if the tb is open or closed. it stil stays open a little on its' own. it's the walmart supertech oil that's
loosing viscosity and creates more friction and the car heats up. i put in mobil1 synthetic like it had 2 weeks ago and no more problems.