bhaley66

My s5 vert puts out a ton of smoke on startup after sitting more than 4 hours, the smoke is definitely from oil. After about 15 minutes in the shop warming up, or 5 minutes of driving it goes away. When driving right after a cold start up, the most smoke is coming when i drop more than 1-1.5k rpm (i.e. during a shift). Searching i have come up with it most likely being oil control rings. It has no problem at all whatsoever running, it is a very strong feeling engine, its just the smoke. I dont really care that it smokes in the morning, its just when i get off work, and it fills up the road for the first 5 minutes im driving it that really sucks...lol

I am planning on doing a TII swap in 4 to 6 months, so i dont really want to spend much money on this motor, however, I am hoping to have this car as a daily driver until then (i have another car but the old lady is going to be using it as her daily starting in a couple weeks). I have a little time to get the engine out and tear it apart if i need to, but i need to make it quick and as cheap as possible. I usually dont like to do anything cheap, but im trying to save for a TII swap... I dont really want to rebuild the entire engine, because i want it to be cheap.

So i guess my question is, is there a way to know for sure that it is the oil control rings? Could i be lucky and it be something else that is easy and cheap to fix?

Need any more info, feel free to ask...

thanks,
Brandon

john ward

iTrader: (7)

If its na than it probably is. If the swap is within four months than who cares.

bhaley66

ya its n/a, and i was thinking the same thing, but when i left work today, i started the car and sat there for about 1 minute while i fiddled with my phone, and the whole parking lot was filled with smoke...lol

i still may just live with it for now, but then again, if i can spend $50 and a weekend on making the motor not smoke, then i have a spare motor if i have troubles with the TII. If it continues to smoke, ill get sick of it, and just want to get rid of it when i get the TII.

i dont really know what i want to do, i guess i could go either way at this point, its just annoying...

john ward

iTrader: (7)

I dont really feel like doing the math on the necessary gaskets to just replace the rings but im sure your over fifty to do it anywhere near suitable. Do it right or dont bother but its your time and money. A s5 gasket kit from atkins is $135

bhaley66

ok, well thats pretty much what i was after, at the moment im prolly not going to do anything, just trying to get a feel for what it would cost me if the problem progresses, and if thats going to actually fix the problem.

Thanks for the help man...

RX7Tuner.

If hold the car at 5,000 rpms in neutral for 30 seconds and it burns oil, it's the control rings.

bhaley66

on start up, or any time?

2slow4stock

iTrader: (18)

after the motor is warmed up.