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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 10:09 AM
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My car is smokin like a mother at WOT I think it needs rings. The car has 81,000 miles. How much are the rings and how much of a pain in the *** is it to replace.

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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 11:01 AM
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What color smoke? If black its more than likely running too rich, or did you already go through diagnosing?

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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 01:38 PM
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I agree with the above. Diagnose the problem before you start pointing fingers at rings. You could have a tuning issues somewhere that could be fixed a lot cheaper than replacing the rings <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 03:22 PM
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For the masses, how much would the job be?
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 04:07 PM
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about twenty bucks from a crack *****-oh, sorry I thought you said rim job.

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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 04:11 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by MilDot:
<strong>about twenty bucks from a crack *****-oh, sorry I thought you said ream job.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">you stole my joke <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I had to read it twice too. Isn't it a RIM job though <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" />
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 06:23 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by R U A LS1:
<strong>Isn't it a RIM job though</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oops, damned typos <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> Seriously though, ream, rim, whatever it takes!
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