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Topic subjectHow to determine if it's the HG or rings?
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34080, How to determine if it's the HG or rings?
Posted by Semperboost, Nov-08-02 01:47 AM
So I was gonna race my frens 99 prelude - we go at it and i push the throttle about 2/3 (it's a chilly 50 degrees) and the needle spikes to 10psi and my car starts stuttering and puffs of white smoke come out the exhaust. So I'm thinking "god dammitI gotta lower the boost and put the WG line back to the compressor" So I get home and check for any wierd idle, smoke out the dipstick, etc. Nothing. I'm gonna do a compression test this weekend but how do determine if my HG is blown or my rings are blown? thanks



Alvin

96 RST

Star Stage I turbo kit /Starion I/C w/ 2" chrome piping / GReddy Type-S BOV / Missing Link / Custom APEXi- GReddy 2.5" exhaust / 55mm ARD TB/ Nology wires / APEXi EL mech boost gauge / Autometer A/F gauge / Southland Dual Friction clutch / B&M short shifter / Energy Suspension shifter bushings / 16" GSX Rims / Front/ Rear camberkits / Eibach Prokits / Tokico Blues/ Front Upper, Rear Lower strut bars / Rear GST sway bar
GSX Dual Piston Calipers, X-drilled rotors


34081, RE: How to determine if it's the HG or rings?
Posted by DarkOne, Nov-08-02 02:31 AM
Take off the fill cap on the water neck, and the oil cap. If you feel air pulsing out from the fill cap during the compression test, it's probably the HG. if you feel it from the oil cap, it's probably a ring land.
34082, RE: How to determine if it's the HG or rings?
Posted by pn0ymahal, Nov-08-02 04:34 AM
water neck would be the radiator cap? or?
cool

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34083, RE: What is brown smoke?
Posted by Semperboost, Nov-08-02 06:14 AM
My friend said it was BROWN SMOKE and not WHITE...what is brown smoke mean?

Alvin

96 RST

Star Stage I turbo kit /Starion I/C w/ 2" chrome piping / GReddy Type-S BOV / Missing Link / Custom APEXi- GReddy 2.5" exhaust / 55mm ARD TB/ Nology wires / APEXi EL mech boost gauge / Autometer A/F gauge / Southland Dual Friction clutch / B&M short shifter / Energy Suspension shifter bushings / 16" GSX Rims / Front/ Rear camberkits / Eibach Prokits / Tokico Blues/ Front Upper, Rear Lower strut bars / Rear GST sway bar
GSX Dual Piston Calipers, X-drilled rotors


34084, RE: What is brown smoke?
Posted by DarkOne, Nov-08-02 07:26 AM
Your car needs to lay off the cigarettes.

it probably wasn't brown. Do a compression test, and see if you get blowby out of the oil cap, or blowby out of the radiator cap.