Ok i bought this turbo civic with a b18c-1 engine in it. the guy said when i got it that one of the rings was blown.l Based simply on the fact that there is oil on the one spark plug. Based on this I ordered new rings and a friend was supposed to do the job. he took most of the enigine apart and now he is nowhere to be found. I have no clue what im doing. this is my first honda. I need to get this back together so i can get it back to LA where i live. Im in philly now. What I need is either someone in the area who knows how this who can do the job, or instructions on how to do it myself. To be honest im not 100% sure that the ring is bad. I was told that sometimes when you put synthetic oil in these cars it causes blowby. is there any truth in that? The former owner stated that it only started doing this after he put synthetic oil in. Can ANYONE help?

 

best instructions you can get is the helms manual

 

I hope thats the case. I will see today

 

ok compression is looking normal. but now i have a new problem. it will not start at all and for some reason when i tried to start it it fired the dip stick right out. what the hell does this mean?

 

too much blowby

 

OK, i just tried to start it again, and not only did it shoot the dip stick out but also the valver cover gasket came out in the front followed by a loud popping sound and a little smoke

 

did i mess it up more? or is that just cause of the blowby?

 

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