hey guys just finished building my ca18det and i have a little smoke continually coming out of my breather tank . i know old motors with blow by will do this but can anything else cause it .
cheers nathan

how much did u put in the engine?

non oil filter change is like 3.2 and

with oil filter is 3.4ltrs

was about 3.8ltrs i reckon .

non std breather setup?look here first!

do a compression test
if ok keep an eye on oil level
oil rings can be dead without compression rings being dead
oil level going down oil rings U/S

oil control rings can gum up too. easy fix.drive car til normal temp. remove plugs squirt small amount of penetrating oil into cyl (redex was an old favorite) let sit for couple days.crank over w/ no plugs to remove oil. fit plugs and drive
sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt but easier to try first than pull down motor

thanks ill do that tomorrow cause its ment to be going on the dyno for a run in tune on wednesday amd to bed the rings in . see how i go .

sounds like u need to bed your rings in ,posible blow buy,tight engine components,bearings.run it in then check?
check oil consumption?

thanks . ill check it all out after the dyno tomorrow amd let u guys know . cheers .

I hope you are running something non-synthetic to 'run in the engine'.

That might be your problem if you've gone directly to synthetic.

I certainly wouldn't worry about it much, until after the run in period.

well everything went well today except for the fact my external gate is ment to have a 8.7psi spring in it and it went straight to 16pound boost on the dyno . rings r bed in and nothing let go or leaked so things r lookin up finally .