Burnin Oil

i know this is an age old topic for us but i need some help.....here are my symptons......

-smoke comes out of exhaust at idle
-lot-o-smoke at low revs
-oil coming from distributor leaking on tranny
-oil on spark plugs
-oil pan leaking??
-refill oil every month

any help would be appreciated......i looked @ www.4thgenerationcivic.com for the oil pan and i think new gaskets will help for the spark plugs

sounds like you need a valve cover gasket ,oil pan gasket ,maybe a distributor o ring, new piston rings.

Your head gasket may be going. Do you feel a power loss? It is also possible your piston rings are starting to go. Smoke out the tail pipe can come from that. Bummer that it is causing such a problem. :(

where would i get a distributor o-ring?? and how much are pison rings?? are they hard to put on myself? i don't feel a loss of power though....

and something else to add..whenever i rev there is always black stuff on the ground from my exhaust

you definatly have some major problems, with those symptoms, id say:

stuck or bent exhuast valve, bad dizzy seal and or cam seal, possible head gasket leak, pistons rings.


pistons rings are not a job for a beginner to do, it requires taking the entire engine apart, and quite possible out of the car.


hope all turns out well.

sounds like a good excuse for a d16z6

also remember, white smoke is water/antifreeze, oil is blueish, and way too much fuel is black

Sounds like you need a rebuild, a rebuild kit from honda will have all you need, get a ring kit and oil pan gasket also...


gunnmen01

sounds like a good excuse for a d16z6 word!

sounds like ur engine is a bit "Worse for Wear" it would be easier to change the engine than mess with wot u have :-/

what side of the spark plug is the oil if it is on the combustions side you need rings

perform compression test:mad:

i guess this means no more trip to OR :(

Originally posted by LadyNRedSi
i guess this means no more trip to OR :(

I thought he was flying to OK and meeting up with tony :confused:

Originally posted by Melt


I thought he was flying to OK and meeting up with tony :confused:

he changed his mind i suppose?!?!?! was going to try and get ali to make the drive with him to tony's. from there to meet up with kris in UT

actually i'll still be going.......this stuff has been happening for a while:D itz not that major.....just gotta buy a case of oil....i'm currently using 50 weight to slow the burning:p