iirc theres an Oring over there thats pretty important.
yea dude its definetly prob that ring or the valve cover gasket. dont you hate it when you fix something only to make another problemBitter said:iirc theres an Oring over there thats pretty important.
Water can get in if you have a cracked block. If you didnt seal the headgasket or it ripped while replacing it could cause a leak. Your question is a bit unclear. You mention the engine is smoking and the dizzy isnt installed properly, and then you jump from that to water being burned or some kind of coolant. What is the actual problem that you seem to be having now?89corolla4wd said:i found the problem. i installed the half of the housing the distributor slides into backwards so it doesnt seal.. i feel like an idiot:lol: . The car still smokes.. i did a compression test and it was 180,180,165,190. doesnt look that bad.. could you have a leaking gasket and still have 165 psi compression?. any other ways water can get into the engine and get burned.. like coolant leaking into the throttle body or something? any input appreciated.
what i meant is that i corrected the distributor issue. Now the car is smoking. Cant really tell if its water or oil. i know water is white and oil smoke is bluish but its hard to tell. So now i checked the compression and its 180,180,165,190. its greater than 10 percent difference . i'm thinking it means number 3 cylinder is the culprit. I was just asking can anything else cause excessive smoke coming from the tail pipe such as water leaking into the throttle body from the coolant passages in the throttle body some cars have. Not sure about the corolla.diver9000 said:Water can get in if you have a cracked block. If you didnt seal the headgasket or it ripped while replacing it could cause a leak. Your question is a bit unclear. You mention the engine is smoking and the dizzy isnt installed properly, and then you jump from that to water being burned or some kind of coolant. What is the actual problem that you seem to be having now?
yes the water from the throttle body can cause smoke... are you consuming any oil? you probally have a bad pistion ring on cylinder 3 and or the new headgasket got pinched there and is still leaking into the cylinder. pull the number 3 spark plug and look to see if it has oil on it, or is wet from coolant89corolla4wd said:what i meant is that i corrected the distributor issue. Now the car is smoking. Cant really tell if its water or oil. i know water is white and oil smoke is bluish but its hard to tell. So now i checked the compression and its 180,180,165,190. its greater than 10 percent difference . i'm thinking it means number 3 cylinder is the culprit. I was just asking can anything else cause excessive smoke coming from the tail pipe such as water leaking into the throttle body from the coolant passages in the throttle body some cars have. Not sure about the corolla.