Here's the deal, I've got bad rings, and my no.3 cylinder has scratches on the cylinder wall. I plan on getting .25 oversize Type S pistons. My question is will I just be able to hone out the cylinder or will I have to take my block to a machine shop to get the pistons to fit?

 

the FRM sleeves in the H series motors are often to far gone to machine and you have to resleeve

 

My motor only has 52,000 miles on it! I don't think that they would be to far gone.

 

I guess nobody's done a bottom end overhaul? Somebody throw me some pointers!

 

one way to find out, tear it apart

 

Oh, I'll be tearing it down very soon. I burn close to six quarts of oil a week.

 

WOW! Six quarts! How many miles is that over? I thought I had a problem with a quart about every 750 miles......

 

I drive from my house to Philadelphia everyday. About 50 miles one way, so maybe a quart every 150 miles. I have a loud taping noise coming from my engine also. I couldn't even get her to pass emissions. Hydro carbons were like 289, and the limit is only 131ppm. I got a small leak out of the valve cover also. I'll take care of the leak when the bottom end is redone.