Car is going through oil like mad and is sluggish. Saw multiple posts saying how piston rings are probably going bad so I'm contemplating doing it on my own. Is this procedure easy? Can you use standard tools? How long is the procedure?

 

its ok but if you never did it then i would get some help the tool you will need is piston ring colapser and tourq wrench and a few other tools but its ok to do and make sure you tourq stuff down as it should and get some help from people but its a ok job to do good luck

 

your basiccally ripping apart the whole block right there.. there are many many things that must be torqued in stepped sequences or you could suffer engine damage. definatly not somehting to rush if its your first time. figure about a week's time if your not working all day.

 

get a helms manual and be ready to spend some time on it if you havent done it before.