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FattyBoomBatty
03-04-2009, 11:00 PM
I hate engine problems.
A//// Guy
03-04-2009, 11:02 PM
The only thing im wondering is how a motor with only a couple thousand miles has ruined rings already. Can a really bad break in process do this? I wouldn't think so but Im not sure.
asshanson
03-04-2009, 11:24 PM
If the rings never seated properly then it would always burn oil, plus it was gapped pretty loose from the beginning. It also sat on a garage floor for 3 years after the first 1000 miles, probably doesn't help.
cmspaz
03-04-2009, 11:53 PM
^Troof.

Not only was it a garage floor, it was a garage floor in Ames, Iowa.
Swifty1638
03-04-2009, 11:58 PM
didn't you see it last year at a dyno day aaron?

I also ponder if the rings really are bad..

-A. Swift
A//// Guy
03-05-2009, 08:57 AM
An engine sitting covered up and sitting for a couple years wouldnt have any effect on rings going bad. The only thing I could see happening from that is surface rust on the cylinders, which would be bad.

I suppose seating the rings could have been the issue. I just would think with all his experience with engines, he would know what to do with engine break in.
asshanson
03-05-2009, 10:14 AM
Well, I guess what are the alternatives? A really bad leaking head? The car pushes a little coolant, but I've only filled it up once or twice in a year so thats not bad, so the headgasket isn't really blown. I just don't know what else it could be, lightly cracked block or something?

Symptoms:
1. 160 compression on 9.0:1 pistons - I'd expect 180-190
2. Burns 1qt oil every ~700 miles
3. Burns a TON of oil after a pull on decel or between gears
4. Crankcase pressurized, dipstick popped out once before I crushed the tube a bit
5. Ton of blowby into catch can, need to empty every oil change, also letting some oil into intake/turbo/piping
Swifty1638
03-05-2009, 10:15 AM
I guess that's just not something I'd guess at.

-A. Swift
asshanson
03-06-2009, 08:06 PM
Well shit. I don't think I can get the rings in time now since I have to return the wrong ones I ordered. Still waiting to hear back from Magnus on the exact specs that were ordered, I don't want to have to order them again.

Still taking off my turbo parts to be ceramic coated though, but the rering may have to wait until after the cruise.
FattyBoomBatty
03-07-2009, 09:21 AM
I just want to throw this out there, but did you check all the valve stem seals and guides?