5.3l engine piston re ring? yes/no.. help.....

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Oct 3, 2009 | 10:09 PM

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5.3l engine piston re ring? yes/no.. help.....

well i have blow by the rings,i know some is normal but i rather be safe then sorry, my question is can i just re ring the pistons with new stock rings and de glaze the bores and be done with it? ive heard that on the 99-00 blocks they had alot of piston slap and was told my best bet is just to bore it out.
trying to keep cost down so shoot me some help...
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Oct 3, 2009 | 10:13 PM

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how many miles?
depends on the cylinder walls. if was me i would just rebuild the engine with new bearings and parts. and overbore. cheepest and quickest, find a low miles drop in engine.

Oct 3, 2009 | 10:22 PM

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they said it had 50k probably been sitting for a while though... i bought it for 500 and then found out it had low compression so i sent the head out, now the heads have 150 set presure.. but the rings had some blow and i dont want to put the heads on and take the chance, then have to buy head bolts and gasket again because compresion was low.

am just stuck it thinking mode...
i think ill be good but theres just that what if.

Oct 4, 2009 | 10:36 AM

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any other recommendations?

Oct 4, 2009 | 01:06 PM

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have the block bored to 3.89 and find a take out set of ls1 pistons....ive bought pistons and rods together for less than 100 bucks....just a cheap alternative to pistons....