Hey guys, first time poster. I'm not super new to Hondas, and I've owned a few fun cars but I am not an professional mechanic by any means, more of a back yard do it yourselfer (who tries to do everything right, and not just make it work lol).*
Anyways, I bought a 6th gen (2000 accord coupe, EX 4 cyl) and I have some issues that need to be settled.*
She has ~150k on the odometer and before I had it never burned any oil, nor did I notice any after the first incident.
Basically, the distributor cap was missing the o-ring, moisture got in and after several hours of diagnosis and the car sitting flooded for 4 days it's on the road again. New spark plugs, dizzy and oiled the cylinders. How long exactly before said oil clears out? I was told the piston rings (the dealer who sold me the car did the work) need to seat. I'm thinking to myself it has 150k, i... They shouldn't need to seat again, and I have since than gone a a few pull sessions to make them seat faster (been about 500+ miles now as well) and I'm getting excessive blue smoke at WOT and I've been told stinks in general (not to mention I believe my cat was burnt through at some point).
Is it true the rings will actually need to seat again? I'm getting the vibe he is just trying to get me off his back until it's not his problem anymore.*
Anyways, I bought a 6th gen (2000 accord coupe, EX 4 cyl) and I have some issues that need to be settled.*
She has ~150k on the odometer and before I had it never burned any oil, nor did I notice any after the first incident.
Basically, the distributor cap was missing the o-ring, moisture got in and after several hours of diagnosis and the car sitting flooded for 4 days it's on the road again. New spark plugs, dizzy and oiled the cylinders. How long exactly before said oil clears out? I was told the piston rings (the dealer who sold me the car did the work) need to seat. I'm thinking to myself it has 150k, i... They shouldn't need to seat again, and I have since than gone a a few pull sessions to make them seat faster (been about 500+ miles now as well) and I'm getting excessive blue smoke at WOT and I've been told stinks in general (not to mention I believe my cat was burnt through at some point).
Is it true the rings will actually need to seat again? I'm getting the vibe he is just trying to get me off his back until it's not his problem anymore.*
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