umskittles

So my 95 civic dx coupe has started to burn oil, When i go up a hill and im really pushing on it people behind me can see that its burning. did a compression check and im getting pretty much 140 in each cylinder, what do i have to replace?

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Probably rings.

judgementday

Its actually kinda common in eg civics to smoke a little. If it's only occurring when your pushing the engine hard, then your prolly having some light ring blow by.

Sean @ ESG

iTrader: (1)

I wouldn't say smoke is common, but for a car that's almost two decades old, it's entirely possible that the rings are going bad.

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

No it's not. None of my Hondas have ever smoked.

Wrona

Pull that sucker out hone and re ring it

ej6fade

I would say rings, happened to my y7, ended up being rings

umskittles

Checked the coolant and there is a **** ton of oil in it too....that mean the head gasket is gone?

Former User

Yes, the head gasket is blown. You may be able to confirm by doing a cylinder leak down test, but the oil in the coolant is strong already.

motegicivic

When you re ring the engine, it is much more involved then say just doing the head gasket? I guess I am asking if you do the head gasket, a lot more steps to re ring the engine?

Former User

How many miles on the engine? It's possible that your rings are acceptable and that the blown head gasket is the entire problem.

94EG8

Yes there's a lot more to it. Engine has to come out of the car, and be completely disassembled. Ideally it should be hot tanked. Then it needs to be honed. and you need you need to put in new rings and bearings, and at the point it's cheaper and easier to just swap in a low mileage JDM engine.

redm3turbo

yea...swap is cheaper, and easier really.

headgasket is pretty easy, but rings....easier just to swap it.

2nd note...what kind of oil you using? Ive noticed (synthetic only) that if I use anything but Mobil 1....I burn a bit...I mean...a little little bit using just upon startup, and maybe a 1/2 quart between 8k miles oil changes...
with Mobil 1...nada...nothing

So if you use synthetic....switch it to mobil 1 and see if it changes it.

CivicBlacksheep

Does it smoke on start up?....or after the car warms up?