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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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?

 

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

 

i don't need new pistons you schmuck 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.