dosent look to good

160,158,159,73

filled suspect cylinder with oil and it went up to 138psi

strange thing is the car although well down on power is driving okay, not like running on three like i would have expected!

before i thought it was turbo problem, the turbo is still very quiet, not half as loud as it was before this happened?? i am confused

so it it likely a ring or the whole piston is fooked? what are my options??

the turbo being quiet.. is this fooked too...????





thanks

carl

 

Take the head off and see mate, no one can really advise you if its the piston the rings or a valve, although sounds less likely to be a valve if the result raised that much with oil, well unless you put a lot of it in!

 

chip i stuck in bout 200ml

just makes me think more of a ring than a holed piston because it aint running like bag o shite!!

why woudl ring go so quickly! it has only 7k on the engine


carl

 

 

wont be holled mate as would be les comp than that


its either rings or cracked/shatterd piston,,,,,,, and ive seen a few of them that xrt-si has produced , "wasnt giving it large or anything, just started to use oil mate "


followed by

"rst's are long,,,,, they never seem to hold together"

then after we have fitted ANOTHER engine,,,,,,,, " si make sure you give it a few miles and check all is OK"

"yeah mate, course i would " ( starts to spin the car up on the spot then fucks off into a cloud of tyre smoke just like before)

my thoughts then.......... "same time next week si"

 

200ml, PMSL

Mate, a "wet" test is normally done with a teaspoon or so, not 200ml, lol



As for why a ring would go so quickly, could have been honed badly, or the gaps in the rings lined up wrong, or wrong ring end gap or many other engine building faults, impossible to comment without seeing it with the head off.

No point in you speculating, just take the head off.

 

yes mate i kno what your saying, once head is off only then will the trusth be known

will post up results when it is

thanks

carl