Re: Bad Rings For Sure

From: Josh Battles (jbattles@bankfinancial.com)
Date: Thu May 15 2003 - 15:48:38 EDT


"Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3EC3EA4B.6020807@earthlink.net...
>
> Well I just came back in from the swamp and have just seen confirmation
> of what I have suspected all along. How I missed it before is a
> mystery. There *IS* blue smoke from what is left of the exhaust. If
> I'm honest with myself - - I'll admit that the water I sucked in at the
> BBQ last summer is what did it. However since I am insane and not
> dealing with reality I will blame it on the machine shop that folded and
> wouldnt honor my 12 month warrenty when the timing chain failed, and the
> mechanic who told me said chain was not the problem but it was an
> alternator bearing. (that still boils my blood)

Tom, you might want to try a can of that engine restore stuff, it's actually
worked pretty decent for me in the past as a temporary fix. It might just
help you a little with the smoking... I used it when I was building the
motor that would go in my 91GT, the one that was in there was toast,
compression was WAY low and it ran like crap. The engine restore totally
helped, picked up some performance and the blue smoke went away. I just put
more in every 3 (or so) oil changes.

-- 
- Josh
Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L



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