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brucepick · 11-03-2011, 12:23 AM

Re. test do not guess -

"none the less in an extreme case , such as yours a balloon sealed on the oil stick tube will suffice , the balloon must not expand or blow up at WOT snap if it does , the piston rings leak too much and the PCV valve can not flow enough to relieve the pressure"

Wow. Super idea. Wish I'd known that back in Feb. 2011 when I had my car's head redone. I think the rings are OK but I'm gonna check them with a balloon or a latex glove stretched over the dipstick tube.

11-03-2011, 12:23 AM	#17 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Re. test do not guess - "none the less in an extreme case , such as yours a balloon sealed on the oil stick tube will suffice , the balloon must not expand or blow up at WOT snap if it does , the piston rings leak too much and the PCV valve can not flow enough to relieve the pressure" Wow. Super idea. Wish I'd known that back in Feb. 2011 when I had my car's head redone. I think the rings are OK but I'm gonna check them with a balloon or a latex glove stretched over the dipstick tube. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.