Nice! I try not to pull the engine unless I absolutely need to.

@@Fix_it_Garage you know what? I never ever even considered overhauling an engine without pulling it out, and I decided I could do it. Layer I found out that it could be done and you really made it look fun!!

Your welcome! He most likely did not do any damage to the rings. This car was very high mileage and has had multiple headgaskets put on it. Usually you just resurface the head clean the block and put on a new headgasket and thermostat and your good to go

Your welcome! I'm glad it helped you understand!

Thank you!

Your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thank you! I'm glad the videos have been helpful. Usually I'll nake a determination on what needs to he done woth a sized motor after I tear off the cylinder head and pull the pistons. Then I can look at the cylinder walls and see there condition. I always use a little oil when I install pistons to lube both the tool and cylinder wall. You'll probably need to hone them but won't know until it's torn apart

@@Fix_it_Garage WOW! I got a response? OMG! Thank you very much!

Checked the ring gap and get a very very very light hone. If I replaced the pistons I would have done a better hone job on it. But the cylinder walls had a good cross hatch on them

If it was an all new motor I'd use break in oil. Because all I did was rering the motor I used normal oil on the car. For breaking in the rings I tried to run the engine at more then just idle. I would Rev it up a bit and then go drive the car around to seat the rings. I find that helps them seal better on standard road cars

@@Fix_it_Garage Rev it up for how long, and drive it for how long to seat the rings? And how often should I change the oil after a ring change? About to do rings on mine and I just would like to be absolutely positive. I appreciate the informative video :)

⁠@@redclassics5678hopefully @fix_it_garage is ok with me answering.. before going for the drive, you’ll want to start the car and allow it to get to operating temp while being aware of any oil or coolant leaks. This should be about 5 minutes or so. If issues arise shut down engine and fix leaks. During this time you’ll want to keep your revs in the 1000-3000rpm range. This will help the ring sealing/seating process to the cylinder walls. If all goes well go for a drive and focus on “engine braking.” Get vehicle up to speed let your revs build up and then release the throttle. Keep in gear and allow the car to slow down with engine braking. This creates high suction working the cylinders and further seals/seats the rings. This doesn’t have to be a long process 5-10 minutes to get to operating temp and another 5-10 minutes driving. If it’s good and healthy in that time you’re gonna be good to go!

Nah I checked them and they were within spec and a long wait to get so I put it back together with the ones it had. They were totally fine and car runs perfect. Runs better then most the Hondas I see at the dealership everyday

novice here....is it because without cross hatch surface it will basically leak by?

There's multiple reasons for that. Usually if you have no compression there should be something more obvious like a really bad headgasket, bent valves, Cracked head, damaged piston or piston rings or damaged cylinder wall. If you take it apart you should find something. It's highly recommended that you have the cylinder head pressure tested and the block check as well if your machine shop will check it.

I did this almost a year ago I honestly can't remember. I work for honda so I had quick access to the factory specs which is what I set them to. I checked all the rings off camera and only had to adjust one of them using a non approved method of filing the rings so I left it out of any videos lol

lol straight from the packaging

Yes I gapped them off camera because I used a less than approved method. Lol only one ring needed minor filing. The rest were in spec out of the packaging

I did gap them. Was very tired and thought I had the camera on and well it wasn't lol. But I did check the gaps before installing to verify they sent me good rings

Depends on the manufacturer. Honda service manuals show that the middle section of the oil control ring can. The 1st and 2nd I made sure were not lined up to the wrist pin also on the oil control rings the tiny top and bottom rings were also gapped to not line up with the wrist pin

I mean your not wrong. Some of it was the timing of everything and when it needed to be done. And it was also me trying to stay under a strict budget that I was already getting close to hitting. If I was willing to go over budget I would have done a few things different including new bearings. However after I sold the car it's already done about 3k miles without issues!

Could be that or leaking valve stem seals.

@@Fix_it_Garage no blue smoke on start up

⁠@@Watchman999does it smoke while flooring the gas pedal or only when you release the foot and rpms goes down? On the first case it’s probably rings, while in the second its probably exhaust valve guide stem seals