Im about to trade my 96 single cam hatch for a 94 bubble with a gsr engine. Im not thinking twice about the trade because the car is clean. The only problem is that the engine smokes like crazy and the engine idles bad... to me it just feels like this thing has been raced several times. Any suggestions? And how do I stop it from smoking so much.

 

just piston rings

 

How much you think those will cost?

 

like the guy before stated .... it would be your piston rings, it could be alot of other things as well , such as valve seals , headgasket.... you could never be for sure its piston rings ...

 

the least of your worries would be the piston rings
the bad thing might be that the block is cracked and coolent is getting into the piston wall. what color smoke is coming out of the car?

 

My car has a single cam and this bubble has a gsr... should i trade (gsr is beat up and smokes)

 

he's trying to trade you for a reason. his engine is toast or close to it.

 

thats what i was thinkin... but what if I just change the piston rings and the headgasket... it would be an amazin deal

 

what do you guys suggest I replace on the engine?

 

first figure out what is wrong with it then go from there

 

well i dont really know if the trade would be fair, if his motor is shot then i would say not unless its an easy fix, i would ask him what he did to it and see if you can find out whats wrong with it before you trade.

 

sounds to me like your buying a problem.

 

if you could do ure own work it would be worth the trade definitley......no matter what the head needs to come off first, then u can look at it from there.