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Fla S13
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ok well i got the car started again and now there is a lot of white smoke comming out of the breather on the valve cover? any sugestion on what that might be??

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Quote »ok well i got the car started again and now there is a lot of white smoke comming out of the breather on the valve cover?[/quote] Not such a good sign at all! Time to do a leak down and compression test. White smoke out of the exhaust valve cover breather is not good news.

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It does sound like worn piston rings causing excess crankcase pressure, a compression/leak test is the way to go.
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