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piston rings (seals) will it casue you to loose much hp or tq

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Old 09-21-2002, 06:00 PM
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Default piston rings (seals) will it casue you to loose much hp or tq

My piston seals or rings badly need to be replaced would this casue me to loose power casue i know im starting to burn the **** out of oil
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Default Re: piston rings (seals) will it casue you to loose much hp or tq (95CivicEX)

Well, think about it.

The seals are not perfect, so some of the combustion is forcing it's way past the piston.

If the combustion force isn't pushing on the piston, you're losing power.
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Default Re: piston rings (seals) will it casue you to loose much hp or tq (95CivicEX)

do not use synthetic oil... u'll burn less...
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