turbopanda

Looks like my recent investment came cheap for a reason..

As every day passed by from day 1 of driving the teg, the power got less and less.. the other night I open the hood up while the engine was still running and noticed a smoke/steam like vapor coming from the valve cover breather.

Today I went to my shop and did a leakdown test. at 80psi, these are the results I got: #1 = 73, #2 = 48, #3 =76, #4=77.

So this coming Sunday, I'm gonna be without the teg for 2 weeks while my shop tears the engine apart and takes a look at whats going on. If i'm lucky.. a bad piston ring.. if i'm not lucky... a broken JE piston, or round and uneven cylinder walls. Still, I guess its just as well that I got the engine in pieces now, as now I can get the head port'n'polished and enlargened, get my blockguard installed, and have the car re-tuned for 1.5 bar hehe

is it common for JE pistons/rings to do things like this? Just curious, as this was not an investment I was expecting to incur so soon


[Modified by nathan's boosted civic, 4:50 AM 5/16/2002]

dbman96

I've never heard about trouble like this with JE rings. But if the guy put Total Seal rings in... well there's your answer right there.

turbopanda

I'm not sure if the rings are total seal or JE.. the pistons that i'm using are 81.5mm.. does total seal make rings this size?

noel

Could you guys explain what you mean by Total Seal rings? Are these the rings that have no gap in them? I've heard those are the stronger than the kind with gaps.

Also, would building the engine so that the head gasket would blow before a piston ring possible? It seems that replacing a head gasket would be cheaper and a hell of alot easier than replacing a ring.

Thanks,

Noel

Sonny

Man, that sucks.

Maybe you can have it repaired under warranty.

Sonny

SIK IN DA HED

daym, that sux man. let us know how it goes.

inspyral

building for more boost is

HybridHatchC1

hey inspryal, you like left HA.net for a while, you just get tired of some of the people and bs post's or have somthing better to do in your life?

Man nathan, no civic and no teg, whats going on here

inspyral

I wasn't really getting much out of that place, and as far as I know, it's down right now.

turbopanda

tell me about it! Civic is still sitting at the garage with an engine swap in progress (although they tell me they're STILL waiting for the damn engine to arrive..grrr!) I guess I shouldn't be driving the teg, but I am still driving it around town with only 1-2psi max boost (controlled by my foot of course).