Yo heres my prob... the pistons in my car are aiight.. but the piston rings are getting worse day by day.. i was jw if i should buy a whole new piston ring set orrr... i have 2 other choices.. 89SI Crx pistons... or 89 accord pistons which is the a20.. im not sure which 1 would be best.. so any help would be great, thx!

 

why do you think your piston rings are bad? helps to know what motor you have also? and since your comparing crx pistons with accord pistons my guess is you haven't a clue what your talking about!

 

well.. it was just a thought .. but its only the stock 2.2l f22a1 motor

 

o... another choice would be a junkyard and jus take the pistons from another same model accord.. but idk

 

whats wrong that causes you to think the rings are bad? how many miles are on it?

 

there is no point putting in used pistons or rings when doing a rebuild, not to mention many many other parts.
if something is wrong that you need a rebuild, it would be cheaper and faster to just swap another motor. be it another f22 or even h22.

 

there is currently 182,3xx... well.. the damn thing burns oil like mad crazy... and i kno i have an oil leak sumwhere but i jus havnt tracked down where yet.. bcuz it seems im constantly putting oil in it.. but last time i checked the sparkplugs and, it was covered in oil, but i replaced the valve cover gasket, and my head gasket seems to be fine.. but every now and then there seems to be a bit of oil thats dripped down into my tube seals.. but hey who knows i could have a worser prob then piston rings

 

yea.. i would love to have a h22, or even another engine but im on a tight budget right now bcuz i have been getting **** hrs from work

 

did you just replace the valve cover gasket or did you also replace the seals around the spark plug tubes? they are on the underside of the valve cover....
i had to replace these once actually, really not that hard and should help with your oil loss.

my 97' f22 has 188k on it and it runs like a top, i don't ever lose oil. needless to say i am swapping it out for another built f22 and going turbo

 

if you did replace them parts you said in your email then i would check around other places. do a compression test and maybe your rings are bad like you said.