trialt

just wondering what this means?? I have white smoke coming out from both valve cover pcv openings. what is this the symptoms of, how serious is it, and how do i fix it? I changed the oil and theres no coolant in it and theres no oil in the coolant so I dont think its a head gasket.. also theres no smoke coming from the exhaust..

HowlerMonkey

Do you have a PCV system operating on the engine?

trialt

my pcv is vented because I have a s/c

The Wizard

iTrader: (43)

huh??? Never heard of venting the PCV when SC'd. What made you do that?

Are you sure you have your terminology correct?

Now, if you're talking about the crank case breather hose, just to the right of the spark plug cover, then yes some people put a baby K&N filter on there rather than recirculating it back into the air stream.

Please clarify.

maxmaxima91

when i had smoke/steam coming out of my crankcase vent/pcv.. it was cracked ring lands

trialt

i guess yes you could say I have a breather filter on it. also how hard is it to change ring lands?

nismology

iTrader: (8)

Ring lands are a part of the piston.

streetzlegend

iTrader: (8)

Welcome to the club. You should see the smoke my valve covers lets out. in traffic looks like my car is on fire under the hood. been like that since I went turbo 4 months ago and I have been abusing the car alot. Already planning for DE-K since im pretty sure this motor is just tired and bout to give up anytime soon.

How many miles does ur engine havE?

matty

iTrader: (54)

Did you just get done driving that car really hard ??

I drive my car pretty hard and NEVER had this problem. Smoke from your engine bay isnt a good thing by any means

-matt

trialt

no i havent driven it hard lately.. just started running crappy and started smoking on my way to work.. im pretty sure there is some type of compression leak though.. aka ring lands.. so i guess thats the end of my maxima project. not really down to invest the money into it..

matty

iTrader: (54)

Quit saying you "blew your pistons" all around the Forum. You didnt blow your motor....Do a Compression Test. That will tell the entire truth.

-matt

streetzlegend

iTrader: (8)

Compression test might not show any signs of problems though. I have smoke coming out mine too and my compression is fine. ofcourse dosnt mean not to do it though, but something to consider. I also recommend leak down test.

Pasok86

iTrader: (17)

lol +1 i was about to say the same thing

Flava_24/7

iTrader: (46)

bye bye to that 400whp goal

Alex_V

You need a leak down test not a compression test.

~Alex