The dreaded white smoke

Drakh · 20-06-2010, 03:13 PM

hey all

so as the title says, i have a case of the white smoke coming out the exhaust, how not cool is that!!! Noticed it a couple time in the past month and was hoping it was only condensation, which would have been nice, but yea nah its worse than that.
So i've decided to take the car off the rd and fix it and a couple other things thats arent quite right.

So how hard is it to do the rings? I know its not easy but a mate of mine told me that to get to the pistons i have to take of the bottom end and crank, where as I thought u just had to take off the head.
If any1 has any informative links that would be most appreciated, having a bit of trouble finding good info with the search function.

Also i shud add I have the klze conversion in my lantis. Actually I saw a klze on trademe going for $300
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=297728375
Rekon it might be easier and cheeper then rings, but reliability??? who knows

kinda half/half about what to, yeah, gutted i cant drive my car

project.r.racing · 20-06-2010, 03:24 PM

to remove pistons, you need to remove both bottom end and the head. as the pistons have to come out the top, but they are all bolted to the bottom end.

sounds like you are at the stage where you require a overhaul, so doing both shouldn't really bother you.

20-06-2010, 03:13 PM	#1
Drakh Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Car: Black Lantis BA 2.5L KLZE Posts: 92	The dreaded white smoke hey all so as the title says, i have a case of the white smoke coming out the exhaust, how not cool is that!!! Noticed it a couple time in the past month and was hoping it was only condensation, which would have been nice, but yea nah its worse than that. So i've decided to take the car off the rd and fix it and a couple other things thats arent quite right. So how hard is it to do the rings? I know its not easy but a mate of mine told me that to get to the pistons i have to take of the bottom end and crank, where as I thought u just had to take off the head. If any1 has any informative links that would be most appreciated, having a bit of trouble finding good info with the search function. Also i shud add I have the klze conversion in my lantis. Actually I saw a klze on trademe going for $300 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=297728375 Rekon it might be easier and cheeper then rings, but reliability??? who knows kinda half/half about what to, yeah, gutted i cant drive my car

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20-06-2010, 03:24 PM	#2
project.r.racing Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: n/a Car: n/a Posts: 10,929	to remove pistons, you need to remove both bottom end and the head. as the pistons have to come out the top, but they are all bolted to the bottom end. sounds like you are at the stage where you require a overhaul, so doing both shouldn't really bother you.