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Old 08-19-2004, 07:29 AM   #1
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I am burning some serious oil and i ruled everything out, other than piston rings. Anyone delt with these before. Any price quotes? Can i do it myself. I am pretty mechanically enclined, but idk what kind of work is involved..its just really annoying to add a quart every 2000

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Old 08-19-2004, 06:38 PM   #2
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I had the same problem with my 93SC2. I was freinds with the service manager at the dealership and he mentioned that it was not uncommon. I do not know what is totally involved because they did the work. I have 139000
on the new set of rings since it was rebuilt at 96000. It is starting to burn oil again , but I think I will let it go this time.
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Old 08-19-2004, 07:07 PM   #3
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A quart every 2000 isn't bad from what I am hearing. Is it blowing smoke? If not, it's prolly going out the PCV and back in the intake.

Rings require pulling the motor to do it right. It's not a good idea to try and pull out the pistons with the motor in. It deson't save much time. It will give you a chance to check the sleeves to make sure they are still within spec. Make sure you get a good set of rings. I can't find the link, so I don't remember what the brand was, but someone sells rings sets with good oil control rings.

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Old 10-28-2004, 04:05 PM   #4
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A quart every 2000 isn't bad from what I am hearing. Is it blowing smoke? If not, it's prolly going out the PCV and back in the intake.
I think this is what is happening with mine. (PCV is getting clogged periodically as well as the TB.) This is rings then, right?

I've yet to do a compression test, probably 'cause I don't want to know the results.
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Old 10-28-2004, 11:01 PM   #5
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You're gonna have to take off the main and rod caps/bearings, and the head and manifolds, and pull them from the top. It helps to have a piston ring expander handy for the top 2 ring lands.
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Total seal rings are the way to go!
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Old 10-29-2004, 11:13 AM   #7
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The Gapless design......I won't touch. Stick to conventional rings.
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The Gapless design......I won't touch. Stick to conventional rings.
do you have a theory on this???

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Old 10-30-2004, 03:27 AM   #9
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Mainly because they're way too new of a design for me to feel comfortable with.

A major problem with them is if they're not set up EXACTLY as needed, the rings will not seat period, and well....you oughtta know what will happen after that.
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Old 10-30-2004, 04:15 PM   #10
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its just really annoying to add a quart every 2000

Have you done the OEM PCV valve and MMO/Top Engine Cleaner piston soak?
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