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b16 issues
My car is burning oil :/ i heard its something with the piston rings would this be an expensive fix? I love my Si/Em1 and dont wanna get rid of it i wanna fix it and have it running how it was before pls help me also would appreciated if i can be pointed to a good mehanic all suggesions are welcomed
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Ttt good luckPIMPBAYS -
It can be your rings or valve seals. Do a compression test and leak down test. 180 psi is perfect compression in a stock engine if I'm correct. That will tell you if your rings are sealed properly. Also you have a VTEC engine which mean your car in some cases will go through oil a little faster mainly if you are in VTEC a lot. Either one of this fixes will require you to take the engine apart in some way. Valve seals are a lot cheaper and a faster turn around than having to replace the rings if your doing this yourself.Comment
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yea i heard about the seals too and i know its normal for the engine to burn a lil oil but yea i should get that done to see exactly whats the problem... but is burning to much oil when i hit vtec so thats why i think is the rings smh dam i miss how my car used to run thanks for your help and i wish i had the knowledge to do the job myself i would had fix it alreadyComment
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u could buy my bottom end and then just swap blocks if u wanna do a trade with some cash ontop we could work something out your old block for mine i need an a2 block for my turbo build pm me.
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most likely seals cause they usually tend to smoke more in higher rpms if it was rings itd smoke all the time not just when in vtec
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Yea Is def the rings i was having faith it was the seals but no is the rings thanks for the help let see what happens ill keep you guys post itComment
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Save up and rebuild it, all engines are gonna eventually need a tear down and rebuild at some point. I had the same issue on my 2000 gsr and sold it, regretted it ever since.Comment
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Haha good tip I think that's what I'm gonna end up doing :) I don't wanna get rid off itComment
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