smokey breather
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managed to get me engine running properly for the first time tonight just to get up to temp so i can re-torque the head down.

only problem is that i put a K&N filter on the clutch cover breather and its kicking out a fair bit of smoke, any idea's what could be causing this? do i just need to give it a run to clear it out or could it be something worse? also gettin a fair bit out of the exhaust too, but that seems whiteish so i dont think its oil burning.

cheers, Nick

P.S fook it sounds nice, been a while since i had me car running let alone with a turbo engine!

Only experience i had of a smokey breather was cracked compression rings.. almost white smoke could be eather this time of year or burning LOTS of oil, i know coz iv had that too

check the colour of your plugs, and if you can do a compression and/or leakdown test.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

I had the same problem turned out to be cracked piston rings. I did a compression test found the bore that was slightly down on power and put some oil down the bore to seal the ring then tryed a compression test again.... This showed the same compression as the other three bores. i wouldnt take it for a run to try and clear it i did as a result i cracked the piston and scored the bore. cost me a lot of dosh :(

That smoke is from blow by... exh gasses are getting down past the rings...

It means only one thing I am afriad... worn engine!

Alex

AlexF