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Old 09-11-2007, 05:29 PM
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alright today i went out for a spin in my 12 sec civic after i drove it hard and i started to see alot of blue smoke coming from my exhaust and also the motor was struggling to idle im thinking it need new piston rings can some one help me out here
Old 09-11-2007, 05:31 PM
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could be a blow headgasket. maybe..
Old 09-11-2007, 05:39 PM
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You're burning oil. That's for sure.

Could be a number of things. Try a $4 bottle of oil conditioner, for minor oil burning that sometimes helps.

It could definitely be worn rings, how many miles on the setup/car?
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there is about 80k miles had problems with the rings before they might of broke again and also already bought some smoke treat ment but still the same
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