Civic smoking bad
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Re: Civic smoking bad
Smokes worse as the RPM goes up: Rings.
A compression test cannot evaluate oil control rings.
A compression test cannot evaluate oil control rings.
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My 84 Civic started smoking and burning oil. I did the bit with valve seals. Didn't work. Did Auto-Rx and it stopped for a while. Finally I pulled the engine and rebuilt it because as a smoker it would not pass Cal smog. Everything inside was in great almost like new condition. The problem was that the oil control rings gave up. I was fooled too because the compression was at new car specs and the engine ran great, no drop in gas mileage, just sucked up a lot of oil.
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The problem was that the oil control rings gave up. I was fooled too because the compression was at new car specs and the engine ran great,
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