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91 SI oil eater after rebuild....?



 
 
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Old August 14th 05, 05:01 AM
chip
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Default 91 SI oil eater after rebuild....?

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:37:20 -0400, RayGun >
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>Hello All
>Just rebuilt my daughters Civic last winter. Broken, and bent valve.
>Did the rings, and all the gaskets, valves seals,...the whole enchelada.
>Break-in period was easy, over 2500 kms.
>A few months later, it started to eat more and more oil, now is up to
>a litre a week. Clean engine bay, no drips under or over....
>Anyone had experience similar to this...and what were the results.
>Appreciate any input
>Thanx
>Ray



you replaced the rings, how was piston clearance? sounds like a
sloppy rebuild with no boring and oversized pistons and rings, a
brand new top end will blow oil on a factory bottom end.
Chip
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