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my 92 civic vx has a d15z1 and it is sputtering really bad and spitting out blue smoke. the engine only sputters when you press too tard on the gas. and today i went up a hill and it just died like it wasnt getting enough gas.
does anyone know what could be wrong or how i could figure out whats wrong?
and no i dont want to go to a mechanic cause i am going to school for it in the fall and want to fix it myself i just dont know whats wrong

 
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burning oil. could be head gasket. piston rings.

 
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but would that cause it to sputter like it is out of gas and die?

 
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well yea. if enough goes into the cyl. its filling it with coolant or oil or both and its not getting the conditions it needs to combust. and it wont so you get stalling/sputtering. try headgasket. its the most common.

 
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ok well i do have oil leaking into one of the spark plugs
the one closest to the distributor
i dont know if that helps or makes a difference
do you know how much about the headgasket could cost?

 
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so the oil is leaking into the top of the spark plug. that is the valve cover gasket. the round ones that go on the individual spark plug holes.

and look em up you can go cheap/oem or aftermarket.

felpro cometic honda etc.

 
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but that valve cover gasket wouldnt fix my problem would it?

 
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no.....

 
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yea well i am having more and more people say it is the rings or headgasket so i am gonna get them looked at

 
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Probably a leak somewhere areound the head gasket. The best thing to do men is have it checked..

 
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yea i plan on getting it checked but i dont have the money to take it somewhere right now and i am in school to be a mechanic so that is why i was trying to figure it out