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Posted by G3Max (92 SE Auto & 92 SE 5 speed) on August 13, 2002 at 10:58:16:
In Reply to: Here's how you can tell if that is the case >>>> posted by The Max on August 12, 2002 at 20:08:27:
I did drain the oil and the oil looked clean to me. When I was draining it, I could see right thru it. : Rings: I have not noticed any power loss in my everyday driving. Freeway cruising is as smooth as she has always been. However, I did notice a bit of smoke from the exhaust during startup (when I was out of the car watching my wife start her up). Yes, Royal Purple is synthetic. I am hoping you are right about the smoke due to residual oil on the engine block. Thanks
: Blown head gasket:
: Milky coolant ... pop your radiator cap and see if it looks like the standard green water it should be or if there's a milky appearance to it. Basically, anything other than water appearing before you is bad.
I haven't really taken a good look at the coolant. I did take a look at the coolant when I removed the radiator cap. It seemed fine to me. But to be sure I would drain the radiator.
: Loss of power, crappy idle from all the blow-by, smoke out of your exhaust, even with a cat.
I did start having crappy idle when I did the VTC rewire about 2 months ago. It would idle crappy when it wasn't warmed up. Usually it would idle fine but would drop to less than 500 rpms and I would have to stab the accelerator to keep the engine going. I thought the crappy idle was related to the VTC ground rewire. And it could still be and the whole thing could be related.
: Do you have these symptoms? I doubt it. I have a feeling there's still some oil about. Let it keep going for half an hour and see if it disappears. Bear in mind, if you have been using synthetics (I think Royal Purple is, but I've always used Amsoil so I can't be sure myself) it will take a very long time for that oil to burn off.