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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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Default Oil being forced out of cyl #4

H22A Vtec Turbo. Oil being forced out of cylinder no. 4 on the exhaust side. What could it be? It's a built motor with JE Pistons, Eagle rods, benson performance sleeves. Was running 7psi boost. Oil was literally running down the block out of cyl 4 exhaust port. Removed plug #4 -wet. Plug 3 a little wet. Took off the exhaust manifold and no 4 port totally wet. # 3 port - I can see some oil running down the valve stem and at the top of the port. #2 and 1 ports - dry. When I look through the spark plug holes all pistons appear wet with oil. Blown gasket? Blown Pistons? Worn valve seals? Yeah I was running it hard.
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 06:28 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Quade &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">H22A Vtec Turbo...It's a built motor with JE Pistons, Eagle rods, benson performance sleeves...Yeah I was running it hard.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont see anything about tuning. is it tuned?

whats done to the head?

do a leak down and compression test. tell us the results.
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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did the motor go through a proper break in ? sounds like rings in no 4 arent seating correctly.
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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i a second that rings probaly aren't seated good or arn't to spec.a compression test wil tell us for sure so do that and if the nuber 4 cyl is off the rings need to be replaced.
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