i have a 95 saturn sl1 with 1.9ltr 4 cyl. when i bought it, it had a smoking problem. it doesnt smoke at all at idle but once it revs high (around 3000 rpm) it smokes like a french hooker, then once it idles back down it stops smoking. i replaced the valve seals in the head hopeing it would fix it. i shouldve known it wouldnt fix it cuz when valve seals are bad it will usually smoke at first start up and then quit smoking after a couple minutes. however, after putting new valve seals in the head it still smokes. i ran it without the dipstick in it and noticed smoke coming out of the tube, have a little blow-by issue. also when i took the exhaust manifold off i noticed alot of carbon/oil buildup on the #2 cylinder exhaust tube, also on the head itself as well. i noticed this only on that cylinder as it was clearly noticeable that the #2 cylinder must be the problematic one. my question is, could this be an issue with a stuck ring or does it just need new rings altogether? OR is there something else that could cause this behavior?
Jul 14, 2010 at 10:41 PM
