Do I have ringland
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Do I have ringland
Ok so I've not been active for a while on here but I'm unsure what to believe as I'm being told I've got ringland failure and before I sell my car for peanuts I thought I'd post here and get some sound advice.
The car is currently with Paul at extreme Scoobies in essex..
symptoms are as follows
starts on the button and runs smooth
no smoke from filler nor exhaust
no eml
drives perfect under normal driving
misfire on hard acceleration
compression test shows cylinders range
132 145 150 150
unsure if it's using any oil as I'm not using it enough
the car is a 57 reg sti hatchback with 82k
any a dive would be much appreciated atm
The car is currently with Paul at extreme Scoobies in essex..
symptoms are as follows
starts on the button and runs smooth
no smoke from filler nor exhaust
no eml
drives perfect under normal driving
misfire on hard acceleration
compression test shows cylinders range
132 145 150 150
unsure if it's using any oil as I'm not using it enough
the car is a 57 reg sti hatchback with 82k
any a dive would be much appreciated atm
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It's also worth noting it has a real bad flat spot in the middle of the rev range on boost which has been there before the misfire problem. I'd always assumed that it was maf or boost sensor/solenoid related so never got round to looking into it..
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I never said he was lying! I was diagnosed with neumonia last week but guess what when I first went to my gp she said it was just a cough. Ive got no reason to doubt Paul but without opening the engine you can't be 100% right?
just after some opinions from people's own experiences before I potentially lose thousands.
just after some opinions from people's own experiences before I potentially lose thousands.
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When being told you have a big bill coming then id wanna doubel check as well.
But back to op,
does look like theres an issue on 2 of the cylinders (one more so than ther other)
Could be valves, could be ring land, what ever it is will be an expensive fix.
But back to op,
does look like theres an issue on 2 of the cylinders (one more so than ther other)
Could be valves, could be ring land, what ever it is will be an expensive fix.
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Hi Mick
I've also heard this but in my case cylinder 4 is good. I don't know if it's of any significance but the car sat for almost 2 months without being started and it was empty of fuel and had a flat battery
it's a long story but like I said I don't know if it has any significance to the running problems
I've also heard this but in my case cylinder 4 is good. I don't know if it's of any significance but the car sat for almost 2 months without being started and it was empty of fuel and had a flat battery
it's a long story but like I said I don't know if it has any significance to the running problems
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Bore scope seems a good idea for a tenner.
Do you have a misfire code come up? Does it match with the cylinder lower on compression? I don't have a newage car, but I had a feeling they were quite good at triggering a misfire code, so is it worth driving it more to see if codes come up and they match the compression test results?
Could be ignition (spark plugs or coils) if it happens under high boost or in the mid-range which tends to be a bit lean, both conditions where you need a good quality spark.
Do you have a misfire code come up? Does it match with the cylinder lower on compression? I don't have a newage car, but I had a feeling they were quite good at triggering a misfire code, so is it worth driving it more to see if codes come up and they match the compression test results?
Could be ignition (spark plugs or coils) if it happens under high boost or in the mid-range which tends to be a bit lean, both conditions where you need a good quality spark.