Bad Rings @ 104K?? Is this common?
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I just purchased this '96 Neon with the DOHC 2.0L for my to get back and forth to school. I was excited about finding a DOHC for the price and he had receipts of new clutch and timing belt within the last 15K. He hadn't driven the car since it expired tags over a year ago so it smoked a bit. It had plenty of pull and I was hoping it was just burning out some seaped oil or junk in the exhaust line.
Anyhow ... after the mild blue smoke didn't go away 30 miles later I ran a dry and wet compression test. (REMEMBER ... I AM AT 5,000 FT ELEVATION!) I got a crappy 115-120psi in all 4 cylinders dry and about 150 with oil in them.
Is this common for rings to go out so early in these engines? I didn't mind replacing the head gasket ... but rebuilding the bottom end of an $800 car is just ridiculous. (No CEL though!)
Anyhow ... after the mild blue smoke didn't go away 30 miles later I ran a dry and wet compression test. (REMEMBER ... I AM AT 5,000 FT ELEVATION!) I got a crappy 115-120psi in all 4 cylinders dry and about 150 with oil in them.
Is this common for rings to go out so early in these engines? I didn't mind replacing the head gasket ... but rebuilding the bottom end of an $800 car is just ridiculous. (No CEL though!)
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If they're leaking that bad already ... I wouldn't trust to just replace with standard sized rings. I'd want to go prolly .020" over with new pistons to makes sure I get a good seal. $250 for pistons/rings ... plus any bearings I might want to replace. Then add all the labor hours that I wuld NOT want to put into an $800 car.
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