linuxman Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Allrighty - turns out my '92 Si Isn't quite as good a deal as I thought. It seems I'm burning a little oil, I'm guessing I have a bad valve since smoke comes out the oil fill cap when I open it after the engine has been running for a bit, but it really could be anything at this point since I havent done any "real" diagnostics to see whats causing it. There isn't any smoke coming out the exahuast, but occasionally if the car has been sitting for a day or two there is a little bit of smoke that comes out from under the hood, and you can definentally smell that "burnt oil" smell anytime I drive it. (head gasket maybe?) the car runs fine, has plenty of power and doesnt make any abnormal noises that I can tell... anyway. I'm going to try re-building the head, maybe the entire engine if it needs it, and I need to know where to get some parts for my h23a1, since summit racing only seems to carry a handful of parts for that engine. (my normal stop for engine goodies) who else sells internal parts for the h23? I'm planning on a mild performance build, depending on the price of parts and what all I will need to replace. I'm gettin a new job so I will finally have some money in my pockets, and I want this car to last a while so I figured I would just go ahead and bite the bullet and rebuild it before it gets to be too much of a problem. It does seem sorta odd that its burning oil with only 96,000 miles on it though... anyway - wheres a good place for parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch92 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 it could be a valve cover gasket the d16z6's are notorious for them goind bad. pluss if the car isn't smoking but still burning oil i would say that would be your best bet. To make sure look around the bottom of the valve cover if you see oil then spend the $10-$15 for a new gasket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Would the valve cover gasket being bad cause smoke to come out of the oil fill cap? I've looked around the valve cover and i dont really see any oil... if i open the hood and look when its smoking, it appears to be coming from under the intake manifold, at the back of the engine... I'll have to get a mirror or something and take a look at it this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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