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  • Start date Start date Oct 21, 2005
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97gtblue

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well last saturday when i was on my way home from somewhere,i wanted to use my nitrous so i did and when i did it went BOOM!!,and blew my intake to peices and melted two of my spark plugs and i just replaced it and now its makeing a weird tapping or scratching noise,and one of my plugs has oil all over it,and i did a compression test and that cylinder had no compression??? does that sound like i broke a ring??

any other ways to check for bad motor...i really appreciate the help guys
 
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Kilgore Trout

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97gtblue said:
i wanted to use my nitrous so i did and when i did it went BOOM!!,and blew my intake to peices and melted two of my spark plugs
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Daaaamn... You got any pics of that?
 
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Kilgore Trout said:
Daaaamn... You got any pics of that?
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ill try to get some up in a few days if i get time
 

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crap that sucks after melting those plugs i wouldn't doubt that you scored the piston/cylinder wall...hell i destroyed a piston/cylinder head/scored cylinder wall when a valve spring broke
 
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97gtblue said:
.....i did a compression test and that cylinder had no compression??? does that sound like i broke a ring??

any other ways to check for bad motor...i really appreciate the help guys
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Compression test is as good as it gets. Sounds to me you like have a busted piston. Time for a rebuild or a used PI engine. In the long run those nitrous kits are not cheap.
 
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