rojo01

I have a 94gt and the piston ring is going out on it. i work on all my cars but nothing this bad. how hard will this process be?

67mustang302

You'd basically be pulling the entire engine apart. Going that far you might as well just rebuild the whole thing and put new bearings in it since you're already there. It's not hard per se, but it is a rather involved process. If you have strong mechanical skills and want to do it yourself you can get a book on engine rebuilding, there are several good ones for Fords.

What makes you think it's the rings?

my77stang

^ yeah? just for your information, to be sure your diagnosing the right problem......


blueish smoke all the time is rings

low compression can be rings. can also be valves burnt / pitted / not sealing, or even a blown headgasket (which would be pretty easy to tell)

blueish smoke only on startup is valve seals

rojo01

it has constant blue smoke, it burns up a QT of oil a week, and its starting to have a miss. ever since that started i parked the car.