Chevrolet Repair: headgasket or rings, dodge neon, geo traker

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hello and thank you for helping me out well i have a 95 geo traker and it has the 16 valve 1.6 engine in it with 200,000 miles on it and i just got it to run but it seems like its been awhile sence it ran but when it started i could see some white smoke out the tail pipe and when i riv it up i see oil smoke also i think but its alot of smoke and there was some white stuff on dip stick and oil cap but after running awhile that went away but still smoked out tail pipe so let me know what it could be and what i can do but i also can do headgasket change i have done one on a dodge neon so i can do one but i also wanted to know if its worth doing it or not so let me know what it sounds like and thank you very much for helping me out
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Hello Holly,
The white stuff on the oil cap and dipstick sound like condensation, which should be drawn out through the pcv valve. So I would make sure the PCV system is working properly first.

Van


yes the pcv is working good and also today i done a compression test and they were all 190 in each cylinder and normal is 175 to 195 so thats all good but the smoke doesnt start untill like about 1 to 2 mins after start and theres alot of water coming out pipe and the oil level looks like its about a court to much so let me know somthing and thank you very much

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The water out the exhaust is not uncommon. The catalytic converter forms carbon dioxide and water.
So if you are not loosing coolant, don't worry about the water in the exhaust.
The oil level being overfull could be from fuel leaking into the crankcase.
First change the oil, and put exactly what it calls for.
Then watch it for a few days, and see if the oil level rises. Might also check the oil you drain out to see if it seems diluted with gasoline.
If it does "make oil"(oil level rises), and you are not loosing coolant, then the injection system is what I would suspect, allowing raw fuel to enter the cylinders, and wash down past the rings.

Van