my car is burning oil. i have bolt ons and no internl work. ireally need to get this fixed b4 i run out of money. i burn a quart every two weeks if i dont get on it. will i need any head work.

 

how old is the motor? maybe a rbuild would do it,

 

its a 97. 108000 on it. what do i do when i rebuild

 

Mostly likely thing is valveseals, pistons rings, or Both.

If you have an LS though, it would Almost be cheaper/easier looking for a new engine,
You can pretty much get them from anywhere between 500-1000.


nevermind, your title says gsr, So I'll assume you have a gsr then,
Then you'd be better off having it rebuilt.

 

how would i go about rebuilding. and what am i looking at cost wise

 

agree with u but sometimes u never know what u going to get i would rebuild b/couse i know how but if u dont u r right might just pick another one up be better.

 

Depending on whats needed, valveseals would be much cheaper then piston rings,
Being you only have to replace the seals in the head.

While if you have bad rings, you pretty much have to pull the engine to replace them,
Since they're in the block, and you might need the cylinder walls honed for a good seating for the new rings.

Parts would be a lot cheaper then labor, Valves seals are less then 30-50 I think,
Rings will be a little more expensive, I think they can range over a 100 possibly,
And you'd need new bearings for the rods since they're connected to the pistons,
Which would have to be removed to hone the cylinders, and such.

Probably if you had to take it to a mechanic, You'd be getting bent over backwards in labor costs,
Best thing to do is try to get some quotes from a few different shops.

Also the burning oil, as long as you keep it topped off, should pose no Real reliability problem,
Other then you having to check your oil often.

 

i rbld mine for about 500bucks new tming belt water pump oil pump

 

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But did you have any problems with oil burning,
or have to replace anything internally?

 

it was burning some oil ,i rplaced all bearings and rings honed and new rings 4 about 180

 

That's not bad then, it's the labor costs that would kill.

 

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yup no reliability problems even tho it burns oil. My civic been burning for more than 25k miles. STill runs strong and i only had to top it off once because it was bone dry after like 3k miles.

if you want to stop the burning process get something called "restore" by ametech. you can pick it up at kragens. i got better gas mileage, more power and my oil consumption was reduced a lot! if u do decide to pick this up, get two 4 cylinder cans. Pour both cans in after a fresh oil and oil filter change. Then add one every oil change.

 

yea labor kills i learned when my car would break i had to learn my self b/c i couldnt afford labor.

 

same here gotta learn sometime. just rebuild

 

If its a LS, just buy a b20b motor. $1000 max to spend. motor is like $700?

http://www.hmotorsonline.com

 

when i had mine rebuilt including the labor of taking in and out it cost around 1500 but it was well worth it because im boosted now!!

 

yes if rbld u know its fresh and know how its been treated good or going to be treated as u wish.