Thread: car is smoking help!!!!!!!!

well im going to guess valve seals then. Thats pretty much all i can think of at this point

how can i check them?

headgasket put on wrong?

It's impossible to put on a SR20 HG wrong. You would realise before you get to the point of torqueing it down. If the HG was blown on the previous motor some times all of the coolant that got into the exhuast takes a while to burn off. First you have to figure out if it is oil or coolant. If the head was ported it's possible that it was ported to big and got into a oil or water passage. If everything in the block is done right you have to check these things. Let the car sit overnight then take out the plugs and look into the cylinders with a light. If the valve seals are leaking you should see oil on top of the pistons.

so i took a straw with and q-tip taped on it.and wiped the piston it smells like oil and fuel to me.

Compression test, just for sh*ts an giggles. Let us know what you get

What tune? inj/maf combo? anything done to the head? did you rebuild just because, or bad headgasket prompted rebuild? valve seals, bad timing, tune, oil restrictor size, warped head, etc, come to mind for things to check.

Im gonna go with 92boostedser. Check your compression. Definitely wouldnt hurt.

I did a compression test.all good 370cc injectors,z32 maf,basic tune calum ecu with safc. yes i rebuild just because,the head is basicly new new valve seals,head was shaved.
1-175
2-155
3-155
4-165

20psi drop to a 10 jump on 4. Thats way more off than mines ever been. More than 5 and i get worried.