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Badbubba · 11-11-2014, 11:15 AM

White smoke, head gasket? What does it smell like? Check your oil and coolant level. Pull the plugs and see if any are different looking from the other. If coolant is getting into one of the cylinders, that plug will look clean, steam cleaned. If oil, then an oily plug or carboned plug. You will not see oil on the RX breather. It has a check valve that only allows air into the engine. The idea of adding the RX breather was to eliminate reversion in the tube that goes to the intake. Normally the tube from the intake allows metered air to enter the engine crankcase and is then vacuumed out the other side to remove the burned off vapors in the crankcase and engine. Under wot, there is a chance that there could be enough pressure in the crankcase to allow vapors to back flow, reversion, through this line and enter the intake. The RX breather will not vent excess pressure. It was designed to eliminate the line that could have reversion. That line is capped off and now the engine receives fresh unmetered air through the RX breather. There is another breather on the market that will allow excess pressure to be vented and also, I believe the 1LE has a "catch can" in line with the air tube to capture the vapors. If you did have excessive crankcase pressure before adding the RX breather, it could have been escaping through the air tube. Now that it is blocked, there is nowhere for the excess pressure to go. But since you stated you have no oil in the intake, some oil should still be present from before, then your smoke is not coming from that entry. If you do have excess crankcase pressure, you would most likely have a leaking rear seal. If a bad ring(s), you will see smoke when letting off the throttle and some at idle bc that is when cylinder vacuum is the greatest. Your diagram appears correct. Thinking head gasket. If so, be careful so that coolant doesn't enter the cylinder and you hydrolock the engine. Can happen after not driving for a few days.

Freyguy08 · 11-11-2014, 02:13 PM

I hope you get this resolved quickly Rich! Sorry I don't know anything about turbos to help you out. Everything else going good on the car now??

SSKyle · 12-26-2014, 07:38 PM

Pull the one way valve out of the cap. Been there done that haha

11-11-2014, 11:15 AM	#15
Badbubba GrINned & JUICEd Drives: 15STI, 10Expy, 10 2SS/RS M6, 47KB1 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,247	White smoke, head gasket? What does it smell like? Check your oil and coolant level. Pull the plugs and see if any are different looking from the other. If coolant is getting into one of the cylinders, that plug will look clean, steam cleaned. If oil, then an oily plug or carboned plug. You will not see oil on the RX breather. It has a check valve that only allows air into the engine. The idea of adding the RX breather was to eliminate reversion in the tube that goes to the intake. Normally the tube from the intake allows metered air to enter the engine crankcase and is then vacuumed out the other side to remove the burned off vapors in the crankcase and engine. Under wot, there is a chance that there could be enough pressure in the crankcase to allow vapors to back flow, reversion, through this line and enter the intake. The RX breather will not vent excess pressure. It was designed to eliminate the line that could have reversion. That line is capped off and now the engine receives fresh unmetered air through the RX breather. There is another breather on the market that will allow excess pressure to be vented and also, I believe the 1LE has a "catch can" in line with the air tube to capture the vapors. If you did have excessive crankcase pressure before adding the RX breather, it could have been escaping through the air tube. Now that it is blocked, there is nowhere for the excess pressure to go. But since you stated you have no oil in the intake, some oil should still be present from before, then your smoke is not coming from that entry. If you do have excess crankcase pressure, you would most likely have a leaking rear seal. If a bad ring(s), you will see smoke when letting off the throttle and some at idle bc that is when cylinder vacuum is the greatest. Your diagram appears correct. Thinking head gasket. If so, be careful so that coolant doesn't enter the cylinder and you hydrolock the engine. Can happen after not driving for a few days. __________________ GPI SS3 Cam & stuff,N.O. Plate(dedicated fuel tank,progressive,fuel hose upgrade,remote opener,heater,console switches),LNC2000,CTAP,ARH 1 7/8" LTs/gutted cats/X pipe/mufflers,Jet Hot coated LTs,GPI HPT Tune,CAI, Scoop,Rx Catch Can,Gates heater hose relocation, Remote clutch & auto brake res,Metco loop,Momentum Tunnel Brace,TSW Nurb 18",555 & 05,Pfadt trailing arms & toe rods,Autometer WB,Fesler Pillar Pod,LED strips (int),Lloyds floor & trunk mats,LED DRL/front turn & license plate,DRL harness,VLEDs tail lights,Plasticoat Bowties. Ord: Oct 5, 2009 Rec: Nov 19, 2009 13.17@112.6 stock

11-11-2014, 02:13 PM	#16
Freyguy08 Drives: 2012 Camaro 1SS RS Join Date: May 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 433	I hope you get this resolved quickly Rich! Sorry I don't know anything about turbos to help you out. Everything else going good on the car now?? __________________ Comin' in hot!

12-26-2014, 07:38 PM	#17
SSKyle Drives: 2011 SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 47	Pull the one way valve out of the cap. Been there done that haha