Re: rebuilt engine prelude, noisy burns oil

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Re: rebuilt engine prelude, noisy burns oil

Tegger

27 Dec 2006 21:58

"oddvark" <dgrdinh@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1167255303.385572.144250
@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Hey,
>
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> miles. The installer (different then the builder) says that if it
> continues to burn oil, there is most likely an internal engine problem.

Bad cleaning job after boring, or rings installed upside down. Either means
a complete teardown again. In the first case, the block may now be toast.

> My questions are: how common is this after a rebuild.

Shouldn't happen, but is apparently distressingly common. Lots of poor
rebuild shops around.

> Also, I was
> expecting it to sound like a new engine as well, was this expecting too
> much? Someone told me that maybe the sound is the lifters. Didn't
> they replace this with the rebuild?

You'll have to ask (they should have). The noise you hear is more likely to
be pistons or bearings wrongly sized. The engine will need to be rebuilt
again or replaced. Somebody fooked up here.

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oddvark

27 Dec 2006 21:35

Hey,

I went ahead and rebuilt my prelude engine. the builder told me it be
just like new. But it seems unchanged to me. I expected it to sound
quieter but it sounds the same. It also burnt 2 quarts of oil in 800
miles. The installer (different then the builder) says that if it
continues to burn oil, there is most likely an internal engine problem.

My questions are: how common is this after a rebuild. Also, I was
expecting it to sound like a new engine as well, was this expecting too
much? Someone told me that maybe the sound is the lifters. Didn't
they replace this with the rebuild?

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