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Old 25-Sep-2004, 11:01 PM
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low comprestion in 3rd cylinder

any one know what it could be, H22 motor, with low compresstion
machanic told it me was the bottom half of the motor? whatever that means?

so what could it be
piston, piston rings? ?? crank?

what??
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Old 25-Sep-2004, 11:06 PM
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rings, time for a rebuild.
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Old 26-Sep-2004, 12:16 AM
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anything else ? that could be worng other then rings?
it also eats oil, and any one know where i can get a set of nice pistons and rings or just rings?
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Old 26-Sep-2004, 07:18 AM
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For an H22, I bet it is the sleeves....I don't think you need pistons. Rings would be a good idea. About 'bottom half'. Are you sure that is what he said, or 'bottom end'. If it is 'bottom end', it could be the connecting rod bearings or main bearings. How much oil is it burning?
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Old 26-Sep-2004, 08:53 AM
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a bottol or 2 a month i drive it hard thought, and another thing is where is a godo place to get sleeves done? i heard about that being maybe the problem, but i dont know where i can go to get it done cheap, dont really have 2000 to blow , so i can take teh motor out my self, rip it apart and stuff but where can i get it done
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Old 26-Sep-2004, 11:10 AM
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why dont you ask him what he meant by bottom end
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prelude motors are notourious for rings, and a leaking bottom end from year 2000 and newer
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Old 27-Sep-2004, 01:34 AM
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see i dont know what he ment cuz i didnt take it to that machinc my brother did and lets say he dosent even know how to change oil, lol soo i dont know what he was told to be exact, but i got the motor off him gonna fix it and then drop it into my EG
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