breather filter smoking

[1990DailyDriver]

After driving around for a while today I poped the hood and found that the breather filter was smoking, not a whole lot, but enough for me to be concerned. Any ideas what is going on. I have a F22a1 with a catch can installed.

[92ex]

I have the same problem. Had it for about 4 months now, car still runs good, but apparently this is very bad... ask MRX, this is something I don't know about

[iamanonymous]

I have the same problem. Had it for about 4 months now, car still runs good, but apparently this is very bad... ask MRX, this is something I don't know about

ur motor is saying "OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! take this damn turbo off.....oops, too late...."

[MRX]

piston rings, do a compression check immediately

[N1ghtM0nkey]

Yep, your piston rings or ringlands are more than likely toast.

[h22sparkle]

lol your ringlands might be messed up homey. That of your turbo seals or valveseals are gone. My vote is for the ringlands sorry bro .

[backyardspecial]

if your ringlands got destroyed wouldnt you be burnning lots of oil also ?

[prodigymb]

yeah i have to uphold the mjority vote for the ringlands !

[1990DailyDriver]

its not burning any oil that i know of and still runs fine. i did a comp test before i put the turbo on and it was on the money. each cylinder was within 3 psi of each other, so i find it hard to believe the ringlands are bad already, or maybe i'm just really hoping its not that.... i was hoping the catch can would help to save the ringlands.

like i said before its not really a bad smoking problem. i mean i have to get close to the breather filter to even notice it. i'll do a comp test and see what up.

[1990DailyDriver]

I finally got around to checking the compression numbers today. They seemed consistent: 182 180 178 182. Compression numbers before the turbo were right around 185 so I'm not sure what is causing the smoking... there was a little bit of oil on a few oil the spark plugs but not much, just a drop or two. i haven't gotten new plugs yet since the ones i had were pretty much brand new, but they look pretty burnt out now. Guess I'll be getting new plugs this week. I know I need 2 step colder plugs, but does anyone have the specfic part number for NGK's.

[Mike]

ull be fine with one step colder

mine are the ngk v-power -4291 zfr6f-11
but theres saposedly a better ngk series