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Old 11-08-2005, 11:25 AM
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my car doesnt smoke oil at all but does smoke out of the breather, how do i know if i fried my piston rings/ or cracked a ringland? any other way to tell besides a compression test?
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compression or a cylinder leakage test is the only way to tell.
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Definately just do a quick compression test and then move on to a leak down test....
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by silverboost &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my car doesnt smoke oil at all but does smoke out of the breather, how do i know if i fried my piston rings/ or cracked a ringland? any other way to tell besides a compression test?</TD></TR></TABLE>

that definitely sounds like bad rings. are you experiencing any loss of power?
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