Big Decision

jas1

jas1

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Just spoke to rg regarding my e4 after a serious mishap last week which turned out to be too much pressure and the dipstick being blown out of its hole:( Anyway a compression test was run and it seems like I am really running low on this. I have to make the decision of either replacing the rings on the original engine or buy another engine:( Speaking for myself I am swayed to replacing the rings as I would like to keep the original engine. Any members have any advice or point me in the right direction.
 
GG205rob

GG205rob

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How much is it going to cost you to replace the rings? What sort of condition was the engine in before the problem?
Check end float in the crank before you do anything as that might make the decision for you on a 4 engine.
 
jas1

jas1

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Not sure, just been on ebay and a set of rings are £80, going to see what the garage say when I go and pick it up. The engine was spot on before the mishap but apparantley it all ties in to the dipstick blowing because its breathing very heavily.
 
Evo4TomB

Evo4TomB

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As said above check movement in crank with a dial gauge before you make decision on rings

What is the mileage on the engine ?

If you go with the rings there is so much more you will need to get done at the same time ;)
 
roynx79

roynx79

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As said above check movement in crank with a dial gauge before you make decision on rings

What is the mileage on the engine ?

If you go with the rings there is so much more you will need to get done at the same time ;)

+1 on this one to be fair your best bet would be go for a later engine
 
jas1

jas1

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So if I did go for a later engine which model would be the best bet?
 
Simon@NTS

Simon@NTS

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So if I did go for a later engine which model would be the best bet?

I would go for the latest engine you could find in your budget, a set of rings is not the end of the cost and I'd put money on the bores am out of spec
 
Simon@NTS

Simon@NTS

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What were the compression figures and have you changed to o rings on the dipstick
 
Evo4TomB

Evo4TomB

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Any engine past the 4 is better but u can't run an evo 9/10 engine due to the mivec

I would personally go for a 5/6 engine due to cost but don't buy it without hearing it run first ;)
 
jas1

jas1

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will get compression figures when I pick car up, have been told its ok to still run it but not too heavy, is this ok?
 
Simon@NTS

Simon@NTS

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Any engine past the 4 is better but u can't run an evo 9/10 engine due to the mivec

I would personally go for a 5/6 engine due to cost but don't buy it without hearing it run first ;)

Fitting a mivec engine is quite doable but the usual thing is to fit e5/6
 
Simon@NTS

Simon@NTS

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will get compression figures when I pick car up, have been told its ok to still run it but not too heavy, is this ok?

It's not uncommon to pop the dipstick out cause of worn orings, and you tend to find people run a spring to hold the dipstick in, which I would do before condemning the engine
 
jas1

jas1

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Bloody hell paul if I had seen this before, I guess the compression was low before all this mess happened.
 

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