How to change a piston ring on a 97 honda prelude?

i have a 97 honda prelude 2.2 L Vthec i not sure if it is a H22, 5 speed, 101k miles



the car is makeing a nocking nosie in side the engine, the check engine light is on. i ttok it to a shop and they said silinder 3 is missfireing, i changed the spark plugs, the wires, and the distributer. silinder 3 is missfireing and the spark plug is wet with oil. i think its the piston ring or the headers but not sure. PLease help me out.

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http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2029747%26amp;id=1435112888#!/photo.php?pid=30567508%26amp;id=1435112888%26amp;fbid=1197314859759How to change a piston ring on a 97 honda prelude?It is definitely not the headers, becuase that would blow it out of the tailpipe. To make sure that the cylinders are bad, you can do a compression test (dry and wet). Those two test will tell you if it is either the piston rings or the valves. If it is the piston ring, then you have to remove the head and drop the oil pan. Once that is done then you can take off piston 3 to change the ring. By the way you will need something to compress the rings, so that you can push the piston back into the cylinder.How to change a piston ring on a 97 honda prelude?Ok, the fact that you can't spell most of those parts indicates to me that you might not have the know-how to do it. If you have a misfire, it's not a piston ring. If you have a dead cylinder losing compression, it could be the valve seat or the piston rings. Time to throw the car away and buy a different one. It's not worth rebuilding the engine in that car.How to change a piston ring on a 97 honda prelude?they werent asking you how to throw their car away jack ***.....



to change the ring you have to completely tear down the motor and take the pistons out. dont get that far into it until you absolutely know whats wrong with it. check your distributor cap and see if you need to replace that. if that doesnt work take it to a different shop and have them take a look. if it indeed is the rings it will be pretty costly to fix but worth it in the long run if you plan on keeping the car for a long time.



every car needs a rebuild at one point in its life. its more economical to keep the same car for a long time then to keep buying new ones every time something like this goes wrong.