Alright guys... you've helped out before, but this one I think will stump ALL of you. I am going to give you ALL the details because who knows it might be needed. I don't mean to sound sarcastic but there has been 3 dealerships, Jackson Racing, and tons of friends/family involved in trying to figure out the problem, and we can't figure it out. Here goes...
Okay, I drive a white 1995 Honda Civic EX. I have a Jackson Racing Supercharger running at 6lbs. AEM intake, Naxos exhaust, catco hiflow cat, valve cover breather. Some others that aren't important. Now, my car was taken in to the shop for some maintenance and I got it back. Well I drove it home one day and it was over heating when I pulled in my driveway. I took it back the next day to the dealership and they said the thermostat was sticking. They replaced the thermostat and a week or two after they did that it started to smoke. It would smoke when I started the car. It was almost an instant smoke. Now, the smoke was bluish gray, so we thought it was oil. It usually burns blackish because it's set real rich for the supercharger. This was definitely not a rich fuel smoke. It was almost an oil smoke. So we called the dealership back and told them what was going on. We told them the car is smoking "REALLY BAD", I mean so bad the smoke filled the street (LITERALLY... NO JOKE). I took it back and they had it for a long time, week or so and called me back and they said they couldnt get it to smoke. and the only smoke they did get was from condensation. Well, I picked it up and sure enough no smoke. Well, a few days later, I had a hiflow cat put on the car. I had no problems. Another few days goes by and there was SMOKE again. Same color. Same time after I started the car it filled the street with smoke. This time it seemed a bit worse than before. It kept coming out and wouldnt stop. The dealership told me to take a picture of it to show them the smoke color and such, so I did that and took it back to them. Same thing, they said it checked out great on the head gasket tests and compression tests. and that it had to be just condensation build up. Well, the next instance I had, I started the car up and friends told me that the smoke was a yellowish color, which to me sounds like sulfur, and again it filled the entire street when I drove it. Again they rain lots of checks on the car, tested the cat, tested the head gasket, etc. No leaks found visibily. And it kind of just stopped for a while. I didn't have much of a problem since, which has been maybe a month at most 2 months. NOW..... I get in the car, I start it up, and there is no smoke. BUT when the car gets just above the COLD engine temp line, whether I am driving it or it is in park, as soon as it warms up a tad, IT'S SMOKING WORSE THAN BEFORE!!!! And it's bluish smoke again. This time the smell of the smoke can STILL be smelt inside the car. The windows were rolled up and you could smell the smoke from the exhaust. (NO AC on either.) I have seen lots of condensation, but the smoke is definitely smoke, its not steam. It leaves a residue on the car and makes your hands smell of the smoke after you touch it. I noticed the cat has a rusty look to it, but it did when they told me it was fine. I am going to call them back this afternoon. They said that they could tear down the head and physically check the gasket, but the tests show it's fine, and they said it may just not be the head and to spend that money on physically checking it would be crazy. I need you guys to help me out here... what do you think it is?? I have no antifreeze dropage, Oil is the same level... No evidence of any kind of leaking except for a a few spots in the drive way. My family thinks its the angle my car sits in the driveway causing all the unburnt fuel and water to go towards the back of the exhaust and burn when it gets heated up. It's been doing this new thing where it burns and smokes after it's warmed up for about 4 days now in a row. I have no idea what it is... no one else seems to either, not even jackson racing techs, or the locals around here.
I am wondering if changing the exhaust would do any good, What I mean by changing the exhaust is getting headers, this way I could check the old headers for oil residue, etc, changing out the muffler (getting a different one) and checking all the welds around the cat, pipes etc. Any suggestions???
I appreciate your help!!
Okay, I drive a white 1995 Honda Civic EX. I have a Jackson Racing Supercharger running at 6lbs. AEM intake, Naxos exhaust, catco hiflow cat, valve cover breather. Some others that aren't important. Now, my car was taken in to the shop for some maintenance and I got it back. Well I drove it home one day and it was over heating when I pulled in my driveway. I took it back the next day to the dealership and they said the thermostat was sticking. They replaced the thermostat and a week or two after they did that it started to smoke. It would smoke when I started the car. It was almost an instant smoke. Now, the smoke was bluish gray, so we thought it was oil. It usually burns blackish because it's set real rich for the supercharger. This was definitely not a rich fuel smoke. It was almost an oil smoke. So we called the dealership back and told them what was going on. We told them the car is smoking "REALLY BAD", I mean so bad the smoke filled the street (LITERALLY... NO JOKE). I took it back and they had it for a long time, week or so and called me back and they said they couldnt get it to smoke. and the only smoke they did get was from condensation. Well, I picked it up and sure enough no smoke. Well, a few days later, I had a hiflow cat put on the car. I had no problems. Another few days goes by and there was SMOKE again. Same color. Same time after I started the car it filled the street with smoke. This time it seemed a bit worse than before. It kept coming out and wouldnt stop. The dealership told me to take a picture of it to show them the smoke color and such, so I did that and took it back to them. Same thing, they said it checked out great on the head gasket tests and compression tests. and that it had to be just condensation build up. Well, the next instance I had, I started the car up and friends told me that the smoke was a yellowish color, which to me sounds like sulfur, and again it filled the entire street when I drove it. Again they rain lots of checks on the car, tested the cat, tested the head gasket, etc. No leaks found visibily. And it kind of just stopped for a while. I didn't have much of a problem since, which has been maybe a month at most 2 months. NOW..... I get in the car, I start it up, and there is no smoke. BUT when the car gets just above the COLD engine temp line, whether I am driving it or it is in park, as soon as it warms up a tad, IT'S SMOKING WORSE THAN BEFORE!!!! And it's bluish smoke again. This time the smell of the smoke can STILL be smelt inside the car. The windows were rolled up and you could smell the smoke from the exhaust. (NO AC on either.) I have seen lots of condensation, but the smoke is definitely smoke, its not steam. It leaves a residue on the car and makes your hands smell of the smoke after you touch it. I noticed the cat has a rusty look to it, but it did when they told me it was fine. I am going to call them back this afternoon. They said that they could tear down the head and physically check the gasket, but the tests show it's fine, and they said it may just not be the head and to spend that money on physically checking it would be crazy. I need you guys to help me out here... what do you think it is?? I have no antifreeze dropage, Oil is the same level... No evidence of any kind of leaking except for a a few spots in the drive way. My family thinks its the angle my car sits in the driveway causing all the unburnt fuel and water to go towards the back of the exhaust and burn when it gets heated up. It's been doing this new thing where it burns and smokes after it's warmed up for about 4 days now in a row. I have no idea what it is... no one else seems to either, not even jackson racing techs, or the locals around here.
I am wondering if changing the exhaust would do any good, What I mean by changing the exhaust is getting headers, this way I could check the old headers for oil residue, etc, changing out the muffler (getting a different one) and checking all the welds around the cat, pipes etc. Any suggestions???
I appreciate your help!!
I put the car in the drive way at an angle with the engine angled higher than the exhaust. I did rev it up a few times after it was warmed up, and yes, fluid did come out of the exhaust, but it was all just condensation, though black, still just condensation. The main problem isn't exactly that I have a problem, it's the problem of trying to diagnose what the REAL problem is... that's the hardest part, because there are NO true signs of what it is. It has symptoms of just about everything that could go wrong with a car. 
