hey i have never done this before and i dont kno alot about motor swaps and stuff.But anyways lets get it to a story.I have a d16z6 motor in my hatch and its smoking just a little bit of blue smoke and the car has a hard time going.Alot people told me that my piston rings are bad.I really dont kno wat to belive so im asking for help.Tnxs

 

Blue smoke is coolant if i remember correctly. Usually signs of bad rings are really thick black smog, more then normal sult as well. I think you might have blown a headgasket.

 

yeah it could be but there is no white stuff on the cap and oil looks fine tonight somebody is coming that knows alot about hondas so i will see with him tnxs

 

white smoke is coolant, blue is oil and black is fuel.

you would really be better off just swapping the whole bottom end out with a lower mileage one if you dont know a whole lot about motors. changing piston rings is not a simple task.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CoreyR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">white smoke is coolant, blue is oil and black is fuel.

you would really be better off just swapping the whole bottom end out with a lower mileage one if you dont know a whole lot about motors. changing piston rings is not a simple task.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That is true, but if you have patience and take your time, it can be a great learning experience.
You will likely end up buying some specialty tools, like ring expander(to get the rings on the pistons) and a ring compressor(to get the pistons back into the block), rod bolt stretch gauge, etc, etc.

Alot of the time its not just as simple as replacing piston rings, if you want to do the job right.
Alot of time you will also end up re-honing the cyl walls, replacing crank and rod bearings, replacing rod bolts(should not be reused), head gasket, etc.

 

tnxs for the information