How to tell if the rings are bad?
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The compresson was not bad. For some reason it was 205 in all cylinders except the third one, that was 175. Oil in the cylinders brought the compression up in all the cylinders an even amount. The problem is that I want to upgrade but I don't have $1500 to spend on pistons, rods, rings and everything else that goes with building an engine. So I am hoping that my smoking problem was from a bad HG and valve seals. The smoke was mostly white but smelled like oil and would only be there when I shifted at higher rpm or reved the car high.
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I guess what I am going to do is assemble everything back with my fresh head and new stock headgasket and my used arp studs. If most of the smoke is gone I am going to drive the car till the snow is on the ground and then rebuild the engine with forged pistons and rods over the winter.
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