blkcivic310

Well my 97 gsr is burning oil I'm going to get a compression test soon ice herd I have to rebuild the engine and I herd I just will have to do the piston rings and valve seals any advise you guys can give me would help a million

Thanx

redexcoupe

if your just doing the pistion rings its kinda of a waste, you might as well get everything rebuilt while your in the block. You can always just send the head in to a machine shop and have them replace valve seals which wouldnt be that expensive.

h23darkprelude

yep, go ahead and send the head in and get the stem seals replaced or ur gona still be leaking oil. get a 3 angle done on it also. check the walls and make sure u have no scuffing. all gaskets and seals. and u may wana just go ahead and change the bearings out also.

Vindicator9000

How much oil is it using?

Every Honda I've ever had seems to go through about 1/2 quart every 3K miles, even when they were new... My 00 Civic did it when I bought it with 7K miles on it. It seems like my GSR tends to use more if I'm in vtec more.

If it's that much or less, I wouldn't worry about it much.

If you really want to figure out the problem without a complete rebuild, I think you need a leakdown test. It's the only way you'll find out if it's rings or valve seats.

blkcivic310

mm it burned prolly almost 2 qt in 2 months or so and whats a leak down test ive been trying to research on this and only found ppl saying do a compression test
and NO i dont want to rebuild the whole motor cuz i aint got baller fundz lol

azaeltyper

rings are bad!!! just overhaul the engine!

blkcivic310

so i should probly buy a rebuild kit come wit rings all new seal

apexi_rsx

FJdistributors.com =o)

blkcivic310

so if i bought a set of type r piston+rings could i put them on my gsr rods and if i got valve seals that would stop the burning oil problem

Deetz

I wouldn't bother with Type R pistons, go with something like a P30 B16 piston set with rings. And yes, new valve stem seals would a wise decision.....engine should run like new, and with the higher compression, you'll make more power

blkcivic310

thanx for all the imput so ill be lookin for new pistons rings and valve seals

blkcivic310

DEETZ what the diff between type r pistons and b16 i thought type rs would give higher compression

Deetz

Why, who told you that????

B16 pistons have always made more compression

http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/c...c/compcalc.php

blkcivic310

thanx for that link lol u can see diff combos and your right lol i just assumed type r would yeild the most torq but i assumed wrong ha