Smoke and oil form exhaust

[moogle3]

I took my car to the auto mechanic, had a tune-up, changed the o-rings and changed these valves that caused oil to drip onto my sparkplugs. Smoke still comes out of my exhaust pipe when I rev the car. Along with the smoke comes what looks like oil coming out from the exhaust, but the oil drips like water. What's going on?

[viper-blue]

you definately have some internal engine problems. Could be your piston rings, or valves, or both. You need to have a compression test done to narrow down the problem. The valves your talking about are just gaskets that keep oil from getting on to the top of your plugs. They don't really have anything to do with the smoke your getting from your tailpipe

[moogle3]

Originally Posted by viper-blue

you definately have some internal engine problems. Could be your piston rings, or valves, or both. You need to have a compression test done to narrow down the problem. The valves your talking about are just gaskets that keep oil from getting on to the top of your plugs. They don't really have anything to do with the smoke your getting from your tailpipe

Thanks for your reply. I plan on driving this car only to the end of this year because I will get a new car at the end of this year. My mechanic said that it should last til the end of the year easily, what do you think?

[moogle3]

Btw, how much do you think it would cost to replace the piston rings, or valves? Or do you think that it's better to just get a new car? Thanks!

[CRXperiment]

Originally Posted by moogle3

Thanks for your reply. I plan on driving this car only to the end of this year because I will get a new car at the end of this year. My mechanic said that it should last til the end of the year easily, what do you think?

You could probably drive it for 10 more years provided you keep adding enough oil to it. I wouldn't personally bother rebulding your engine, just pick up a used Jap engine and throw that in.

[moogle3]

Originally Posted by CRXperiment

You could probably drive it for 10 more years provided you keep adding enough oil to it. I wouldn't personally bother rebulding your engine, just pick up a used Jap engine and throw that in.

But wouldn't picking up a used Jap engine and throw that in cost just as much as fixing the problem itself? The used engine and manual labor would probably having me pay through the nose. Wouldn't getting a new "used" car be a better idea?

[viper-blue]

no you could get a used engine for anywhere from 1-500...a rebuild would likely get you into the thousands. hidden costs always show themselves with rebuilds, you get the engine apart and suddenly you have 20 different things that require your attention, and your money. Yet if you get a lower mileage used engine you get the confidence of knowing you'll get thousands of trouble free miles. Like was mentioned before though..even though its burning oil...u will likely get a lot more use out of it

[CRXperiment]

Originally Posted by moogle3

But wouldn't picking up a used Jap engine and throw that in cost just as much as fixing the problem itself? The used engine and manual labor would probably having me pay through the nose. Wouldn't getting a new "used" car be a better idea?

Plus, if you can turn a wrench and have a day of free time, then you can probably change the motor out yourself. But why change it if it only burns oil? At best you should wait till the motor actually dies then worry about a swap. These little engines are built like tanks and can go on with or without oil forever.

[moogle3]

Although most of the mechanics say the same thing you guys said without actually doing a diagnostic (I describe the symptoms). I Just want to make 100% sure if the oil is the problem. Just this early morning (3 am) I moved my car from one side of the street to the next (took 3 minutes). When I shut the engine off I could hear a sounds which sort of sounds like something dripping. The intervals between the sounds slowed down within 30 seconds or so, and went away in about 3-5 minutes. Is this the oil? and if so, how come my oil level is pretty much almost the same when I checked it? And I changed the oil about a month ago.

[CRXperiment]

Originally Posted by moogle3

Although most of the mechanics say the same thing you guys said without actually doing a diagnostic (I describe the symptoms). I Just want to make 100% sure if the oil is the problem. Just this early morning (3 am) I moved my car from one side of the street to the next (took 3 minutes). When I shut the engine off I could hear a sounds which sort of sounds like something dripping. The intervals between the sounds slowed down within 30 seconds or so, and went away in about 3-5 minutes. Is this the oil? and if so, how come my oil level is pretty much almost the same when I checked it? And I changed the oil about a month ago.

Dripping? I have never heard of someone being able to "hear" dripping. Maybe you mean you heard a 'ticking' sound? If your oil level hasnt gone down in a month then I don't see what your worried about. If the sound you heard was ticking at cold temps then that is a pretty normal valve ticking.