I knew i used too much to smash that falcon the other day...........lol
I guess thats what ill be doing this weekend then, didnt really want to take out the pistons is i didnt have to lol
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Toda: Can you use the same ATF technique to test the piston rings? I don't know what the tollerance is like but it should hold fluid there if its in good nick right? and let it past the rings if its not???
Can't say for sure,
We'd pull the engine & check the ring lands.
As it's quite unusual to break just a ring with no other indication of damage...
Though the pistons appear to be in good condition, it could still have damage between the rings.
No harm in trying the leak down with the ATF,
Probably best to test it against a known good cylinder...
If they're the same I guess the issue is the head gasket...
What did that look like ?
Remember there was shiite under the oil cap
Thats true i forgot about the crap under the oil cap.
The head gasket seemed fine, ill take a pic tonight but it looked alright to me.
With the pistons, there might be a slight leak but when i was cleaning them i filled the top with carby cleaner and they all reacted the same way, possibly lost a little bit of fluid but not very fast. Ill do a proper test with the ATF and see what happens.
How do i get the ATF out of the block though if it leaks? Can i clean it out with diesel somehow??
heres pics of the gasket:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8663/dsc00208dan.jpg
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/2549/dsc00209bbq.jpg
And heres the two pistons i have filled with ATF to test if there is a leak:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9712/dsc00210d.jpg
btw the atf in the spark plug chambers is still full so its defs not the head.............
have u tried putting a straight edge across the head & block yet?
not yet lol, probably should have been one of the first things to check.
Though i have to think back to what exactly was going on.
I had low compression on one piston, and it was smoking from the block mostly, and possibly a small amount from the head though that might have been normal.
I had crap in the oil cap, which i dont really understand if the head was sealed properly.
The low compression and smoking from the block to me seems like piston rings, but that wouldnt cause the paste like stuff in the oil cap.
Easy to solve the problem.............. K24 conversion :cool:
I got home late last night but i looked at the ATF in the pistons quickly and the levels havent dropped. So either the piston rings are fine or the test doesnt work lol.
Im just going to take the pistons out this weekend and change the rings any way, no more tests lol
Adrian is a natural genius lol he was right all along.......... Broken ring lands........
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5122/dsc00212t.jpg
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/280/dsc00215m.jpg
Before i buy new pistons, i was probably going to go for CP Pistons but i wanted to ask you adrian. If i get stock compression 10.5:1 pistons normal size, do i still need to get a retune?? Im pretty shore i dont need to get the cylinders bored, they seem fine.
By the way, thanks everyone for all the help! It might be obvious i had no idea how a car is put together before i did this and i dont think i would have been able to do it without ozhonda lol so thanks!
Still got to put it all back together though!!!
good work man. :thumbsup:
nothing better then doing it yourself. Make sure you take your time and put her back together properly. The patience now will be beneficial for thousands of k's to come.