I have a 95 Integra LS, just got the car so not sure alot about the history and such. Looked at the car, appears to be fine before I bought it. Got it home, was messing around with stuff like brake, filters, all that. Started the car up, the car started smoking a grayish color. Seems to be coming from the dip stick hole. Not sure of any other spots it coming out of. ANY ideas of the problem, and any suggestions for diagnosis and/or solution would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

Is this with the dipstick in or out of the hole? Is there too much oil in the pan?

 

with the dipstick in, and the oil is a little bit low actually (4 quarts of honda 10W30). I went ahead and changed the oil when I initially saw the smoke. Yet the smoke still comes out. It starts ok, idle a little rough (nothing to complain about though). The smoke appears only a little (when it is idling), then more as you rev it up to about 2500 to 3000 rpms.

 

maybe a gasget?

 

It's odd because the dipstick just slides down into the oil pan without going through anything else. You're getting smoke from the dipstick hole though, yet, there is no combustion that occurs in the oil pan, it's all in head. So, I'm wondering what other kind of smoke could be coming from there. Are you sure it's coming out of the dipstick hole? Could you possibly have oil that's dripped onto the outside of the hole from when you pulled out the dipstick that's smoking up due to the heat?

 

Could be coolant that he got around the dipstick hole. That would smoke.

 

you might have a pluged pcv (positive crank ventilation) valve it is located on the back of the engine below the intake manifold that will cause smoke to come out of the dipstick hole

 

sounds like there might be a head gasket problem or somewhere combustion is getting into the oil,i.e. if the head or block had a crack in certain places it could be forcing compression into the oil pan, but pretty unlikely, most of the time when you have a prob. with head or gaskets it will either fill the oil with water or vice versa, drumsy has a point, it would be more likely for the dip stick to be leaking at the block and dropping oil onto the exhaust and smoking up that way, but you sound pretty convinced it is coming from the dipstick tube, if not i would start with a compression check,

 

Thanks for all the replies. First of all how do I do a compression check on my own, or should I just take it out and have a mechanic do it for me. Second, I will replace my pcv valve as a preventitive measure. Thanks again.

 

compression check is easy to do on your own if can get your hands on a gauge. here's a how-to:
http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/c...t/comptest.php

to be certain, a leak down test is in order. for this you'd have to take it to a garage.