BoosTedZSix

Pulled the number 2 piston out and piston is cracked between the first and second ring. and between the second and the third ring

okay so i pull off the head to see what the ---- is wrong with my car. and i look at my pistons and their still in perfect condition. still tight and everything. so i pour oil into the cylinders to see if it'll leak out. but it doesnt. so i figure maybe my rings arent fucked. but then again. it could just be pulling oil in little by little since it moves up and down really fast. so could there be a possibility that its still my ring lands? could it have been my turbo smoking in my center section and the smoke going into my oil pan and releasing out of my breather filter? or is it still my ring lands. i really dont want to pull this bitch apart. hahaha. and could there be a possibility that i just bent a valve and thats why it idle's like ----. doesnt look like oil got into my cylinders. looks like a clean burn. and some parts of the piston looks brand new. stock pistons BTW. i wish i could take a pic and show you guys but i returned my digi cam . what could it be damn it?

HMT-Admin

its very hard to know if then ringlands are cracked or not if you didnt do a compresson test before you took the head off. You can pour gas in the cylinders and let them sit, but sometimes that doesnt work. You should have isolated which cylinder was causing the problem, then you could have just popped that 1 piston out to inspect, or pop the valves out to see if they were bent. Rather than ripping the head off and now going "uhh ok wtf do I do now".

Your half way there, might as well pull everything apart and check it.

Jeff

BoosTedZSix

yeah my dad was telling me to do it. but i was like wheres the tester. and i had already pulled everything apart. ahh well i guess ill just pull everything apart and rebuild my motor. and just drive it. i need a freakin car. tired of driving my dads truck. ill figure something out. thanks for the reply jeff

BoosTedZSix

i was also wondering if i could reuse my old rod bearings if i take em off. since im a cheap bastard.

turboDXcoupe

i think you should just use new ones

LSD Motorsports

Even if the bearings are within tolerance, dont reuse them. Sorry to hear about your problem, i hope you get it running soon
-mike

BoosTedZSix

thanks for the remarks boys...my car is soon to hold a beast. K20a swap biatchhes



















j/k cant afford that ----. it'll be a mini me within the next couple days. N/A for all you turbo bitches hahaha..man my car is gonna be slow