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oil rings going or a simple solution here?

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well, it started happening all of a sudden. I pulled my cobra manifold off two weeks ago which i ran in the car for a year - practically bone dry...i installed the eddy it was ok for a week or so n then i noticed blow by from the breathers. Next thing i take of the upper to find out its soaked in oil and just a few hours ago it started pinging n misfiring.
JUST GREAT !!!!

well last night i ordered a catch can so im waiting for it to come in...in the meanwhile ill clean up the plugs and see if that helps the misfire (im assuming the oil fouled a plug or two)

IM GETTIN WORRIED HERE...ANY IDEAS OF WTF IS HAPPENING HERE??

the rings gave out so suddenly or wtf?!
as a side note-im very angry at the car
 

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It seriously doesn't sound like rings man. Bad rings generally happen over time. That and the intake being soaked in oil seems to be the issue. I think it's time to take that intake back off the car and run over everything with a fine tooth comb. Make sure the intake gaskets aren't leaking and sucking up oil out of the valley. I would even go so far to look at the intake carefully and make sure it didn't crack when you had that intake backfire. I know it's a long shot, but if the little stuff isn't fixing it, it's time to go in deep.

Kurt
 
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