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irun240sx · 09-26-2014, 12:35 PM

hey i have been trying for about half a year to stop the smoke coming out of my car. im running 10w40 it drops like half a quart of oil every 20 miles so i have to refill after every stop. it smokes up when the oil is low. i have swapped the headgasket with mls and arp studs, i rebuilt my turbo new seals, i have new dual radiator cuz i thought the oil was getting burned somehow, new valve cover gasket, my 3rd cylinder is little less shiny than the other cylinders but its not DIRTY, i put an air compressor on each of the cylinders to check for cracks in the head/block but no bubbles came out of the radiator so i think im fine, my compression is 140 on the front two; 150 on the back two, im replacing the pvc and adding a oil catch can on the left side of the valve cover "T" right now ill let you know if it works, next is the valve stems seals but im not sure if thats the problem. could it be the piston rings?

09-26-2014, 12:35 PM	#17281
irun240sx Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: seattle Age: 29 Posts: 23 Trader Rating: (0)	Oil smoke. oil consumption. coolant is fine. hey i have been trying for about half a year to stop the smoke coming out of my car. im running 10w40 it drops like half a quart of oil every 20 miles so i have to refill after every stop. it smokes up when the oil is low. i have swapped the headgasket with mls and arp studs, i rebuilt my turbo new seals, i have new dual radiator cuz i thought the oil was getting burned somehow, new valve cover gasket, my 3rd cylinder is little less shiny than the other cylinders but its not DIRTY, i put an air compressor on each of the cylinders to check for cracks in the head/block but no bubbles came out of the radiator so i think im fine, my compression is 140 on the front two; 150 on the back two, im replacing the pvc and adding a oil catch can on the left side of the valve cover "T" right now ill let you know if it works, next is the valve stems seals but im not sure if thats the problem. could it be the piston rings?