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if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

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Old 09-24-2004, 10:46 PM
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if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

Well, i'm spitting out some nice amount of oil from my breather, so my friend told me to check the compression, but its IMPOSSIBLE for me to get teh damn tool in there for the passenger side...

so i was wondering.... wouldnt i be getting some crazy knock if i had blown a ring or a piston? cuz i have 0 knock right now

its a turbo lt1 btw
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Old 09-24-2004, 10:52 PM
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Re: if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

I had to take off my headers to do my compression test. The numbers ended up looking good so now I'm doing a bigger cam (233/239), ported heads, longtubes, electric waterpump, injectors, etc.

Good luck!
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Old 09-24-2004, 10:57 PM
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Re: if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

Why not just check plugs to see if something is amiss?

One step at a time.

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Old 09-24-2004, 11:01 PM
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Re: if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

they looked ok to me

car pulls like a raped ape still too
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Old 09-24-2004, 11:03 PM
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Just do a compression/leakdown test. It's a lot of work but knowing if your compression is good or not will ease your mind.
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Re: if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

My car has been blowing oil out the breathers for about a year now when I thrash it. It still runs bottom 12's, though

Of course, it does have me skeert enough to start putting a new bottom end together.

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Old 09-24-2004, 11:13 PM
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Re: if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

mine is due to a turbo, i just need to put a catch can, but i was wondering if its cuz of real bad blow by, if i'd get some knock at all... i get no knock
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Re: if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

my opinion is your pressureizing (spelled wrong) the crank case best thing to do is get a vaccume pump
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Re: if i had a bad ring/bad piston i'd get crazy knock right?

Originally Posted by Seal
mine is due to a turbo, i just need to put a catch can, but i was wondering if its cuz of real bad blow by, if i'd get some knock at all... i get no knock
I doubt blow by would cause knock.....
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