HdiaS4

I just got a re-mfg engine and my last engine head a head gasket issue. SO with this engine i don't know if i have another head gasket issue or i'm just seen things.

I haven't put many miles on this new engine yet, around 15 with lots of idle time. The compression tests have not been very conclusive since engine hasn't been ran much in yet, but i also don't want to run it much if there is something wrong. Same with the leakdown test. If changes by the day on every cylinder.

I think the oil looks milky but i could be wrong(flashbacks). Since the oil-pan was clean and the new oil didn't have much contamination from previous changes.

I did a universal block tester on the car and the fluid was blue and never showed any signs of combustion leak to the coolant system.

The other thing other than the oil is a lot of smoke. It looks white to me but smells kind like oil. I always had a lot of blow by so not sure.
And since its super cold here i don;t know if its condensation or something else.

Running the car on the side of the beater(olds alero) my s4 was smoking a lot more but it could also be because i have no cats and i'm running stock ecu with k04 and 42# injectors, again i'm not driving the car much and my stg 3 ecu is **** now. so its that or an ams stg1.

Look at these pics and videos and tell me what you guys think? normal or something is wrong.
Sorry about the quality is super cold here and my camera just died so i had to borrow one.
Also is there anyplace else oil could be mixing with the coolant? i heard the Oil cooler?
thanks


a little bit of the oil on a plastic film.

<img src="http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/hdias4/new%20engine%20tests/oilsample.jpg">

PCV oil looks
<img src="http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/hdias4/new%20engine%20tests/pcv.jpg">

PCV oil on my finger
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Video of the smoke
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Video of the combustion tester

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Nappy

if you were burning oil or coolant, the cloud would be alot thicker.

The oil does look a bit milky. Check the coolant res or drain the oil and see if you see anything. Or you can send an oil sample out to be tested.

DriveS4spd

engine. Let the sample sit for a while to see if you get any separation.

Black01S4WI

The oil looked good.

BlackS4tt (Josh)

Where did you get that block tester? I need that!

HdiaS4

NAPA it was like under $30 IIRC

S2the4

might be blowing a lot of smoke because of the cold weather running rich. When I fire on my car for the first time after its sitting over night and it warms up it def has a bunch of white smoke coming out. Then again I have no cats what so ever!

HdiaS4

drives fine, sounds fine, just smoke and oil are the concerns.

Roque

Also, white smoke is usually water. Looks like a head gasket to me.

HdiaS4

but the tester didn't show that. any other places oil can mix with coolant?