civic jay Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 hi guys, think my car may be a money pit but who cares when hitting vtec it lets out smoke, would this be piston rings?it was run a little low on oil not for too long.i plan on keeping the car so looking at long term fixescheers jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngreen537 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 More likely the valve stems seals mate.If it BELLOWS smoke out, then piston rings / oil seals, but if it's relatively minor, or a little bit, then it's probably stem seals.What oil are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic jay Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 oil in it at the moment im unsure of, going to change on sunday as get it cheap through work i think its a little cloud of smoke but only noticable on vtec.list to do is getting longer and with the weather at the moment its not helping!!i can get lots of different oils at work, 10w40 is what i see is recommended, but have heard some run 5w40 fully. but what about 0w40 mobil 1 ????any advice appreciatedjamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicturbo79 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Stay with 10w40 semi , as thats what honda use and anything differant will make it smoke more. Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic jay Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 cool for all i know is the previous owner put some sh*t in there and thats why it smokes a bit.lucky for me selling car bits gets me discount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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