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March 10th, 2008, 09:49 AM
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2004 Mustang SVT Cobra
448whp/475wtq
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Connecticut
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fried the piston rings? :(
i posted a couple days ago about my car smoking when i hammer on it and ive been hearing from a number of people that my piston rings could be fried... now what? this sucks guys lol.
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March 10th, 2008, 09:58 AM
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1995 Mustang GT auto
13.36 @ 105.0
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Do a compression check on each cylinder. First do it dry, then squirt a teaspoonful of oil through the plug hole and repeat the test. If the "wet" compression numbers are significantly higher than the "dry" compression numbers, that'll definitely point to ring/bore wear.
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March 10th, 2008, 11:44 AM
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95 5.0
too slow
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Whats the odo say?
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