Burning oil

My car is burning oil like a bitch, smokes just pours out of the exaust, i think its the head gasket.........anyone else have a suggestion on what it could be?

hey i just had the same problem. my deal was the valve cover gasket..the oring around the distributor and some other gasket. so check those.

yeah but i think its mainly the head gasket cus antifreeze and water is coming out the back too.....it was when i was flushing out the system anyway

Sounds like a head gasket, but while you have it open pull the pistons and ring it too.Oil is getting past the rings to get burnt in and make smoke...... save you a big headache if you replaced headgasket and it still smoked......


gunnmen01

thanx for the info

do a compression test. you can buy the tester for like 30 bucks.

do the test and figure out what the numbers are (make sure the engine is warmed up). Then do a second test but before you do it add a tee spoon to each cylinder before you test and if the compression goes up then most likely its your piston rings or pistons. if it doesn't go up then its more likely your HG.

uhh ill just get a new head gasket......probably could use a new one anyway with 183,000 miles on it

I have 161k on the clock now...this winter I decided I needed a head rebuild. I can't keep my engine block clean it will just ever so slighty cover with oil again after about driving for a week. I figure i'll get all new head seals and a new head gasket and I should be good to go. I've already done my valve cover and distrubtor gasket so i'm running outta things that are easy to replace at this point. But I'm told at this milage its pretty expected, still gotta give honda credit they built one heck of a little motor for goin this long hehe.

yeah my dad has 234,000 on the clock and i drive that car alot too and my car has alot of kick for 183,000 on it i can still hang with alot of cars on the road