Poop111444

Car: 99 stock si 50K miles
T3 turbo 9psi, intercooled, VAFC (-37 across the board), fuel pressure at 40psi idle, DSM 450cc injectors

ok, about 3 or 4 weeks ago at the track I was racing, and the car kinda shutoff at 7K RPMs after my second run. Hmm.... so i took it home and examined the plugs. All were good except plug number 2. It was loose! Well I replaced the set and called it good. Problem solved, no smoking, all is A O K.

Fast forward 2 weeks. Ok so I richened up the fuel with my VAFC because I believe I was leanin out at the track. Later, I painted my valve cover and realized that I forgot a spark plug tube seal and car was blowing out blue smoke Cylinder 1 spark plug hole full of oil. So I fixed that problem, and while I was at it, I did a compression check 210-200-170-200. Cylinder 2, the same cylinder that had the loose plug appears to have lost compression. (Yes, throttle plate was open when I did the test). I put in some oil in the cylinder and did the check again and compression shot up to over 300 psi. I assume the rings in that Cylinder are starting to poop out. Car is blowing smoke. After driving a while, and if i pull into a gas station, turn car off, gas, and start it back up, a bunch of smoke comes out

I am gonna go ***** out and replace the rings, but I was just thinking, I have not adjusted my valves on this motor yet. Could out of spec valves possibly help MY situation? Or because compression shot up with that oil its obviously the rings?

JRSCCivic98

Rings...

Cole D

over 300 psi just with a drop of oil doesn't sound right what compression are you running. The compression in that cylinder is low though, it should be with in 20 psi of each other I don't think a valve adjustment will fix it but its worth a shot.

Chris

drvfast

your rings are shot in the # 2 cylinder

Poop111444

OK ok, i didn't put in a drop of oil i put in two caps