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Old Sep 10, 2001 | 03:46 PM
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i have a 2000 civic si with a drag gen III turbo kit. my car just started ideling low but it is not to low. the lowest it gets is around 650rpm and that is not what it was ideling at before. also there is smoke coming out of my breather filter on my valve cover. and it is smoking out the exhaust a blueish white color. also there is oil coming out of my breather filter on the valve cover there is not a lot but i slowly drips onto my fuel rail. somebody please help me.
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Old Sep 10, 2001 | 03:54 PM
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*JUMPS IN FIRST*

Compression test time.. possible baaaaaaaaaaad rings.

post the results here..

you want consistant numbers and no more than 20 from the highest to lowest...

good luck.. let us know and we can go from tehre..
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Old Sep 10, 2001 | 04:10 PM
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broke ring landings
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Old Sep 10, 2001 | 05:55 PM
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broke ring landings
that was what happened to me

but a sheet load of money later and it's just as slow as it was before
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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 10:02 AM
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I notice I have some oil in there to.. Is that not normal? Can't oil get in there freely through the head? If say the ring landings are bad how much are we looking at to get replaced?? Also what causes them to go bad?
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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 12:52 PM
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how can i have broken ring landings? my car only has 7,400 miles on it the turbo kit has been on for about 3 months. what does it cost to have this fixed?
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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 01:10 PM
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by not haing your timing retard and geting detonation u got to get new pistons or replace the one that broke one it happin to me runing to much boost and timing to high
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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 01:14 PM
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so i might have to replace rings or pistons or both??
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