problems with burning oil

[dcann34]

i believe i need to change my head gasket...when my car idles at a stop light it will smoke and it is burning through oil bad...do i need to change my head gasket?...and if so how hard is this to do?

 

[dcann34]

Around 150 bucks from Mitsu. Not sure if ebay sells them for the 420a. You would have to check.

James

thanks vette ill check at dodge for a talon they are cheaper me and my dad broke the crankshaft timing gear on my car and i called mitsu and they wanted 30 bucks for it and it would be in next week called dodge and it was 17 and i could pick it up the next day so i will call dodge about it for my g2

 

[VETTE_50_TH]

Piston rings for 420a.

95-99 DODGE NEON 2.0L DOHC 16V ENGINE PISTON RINGS 420A:eBay Motors (item 350219660934 end time Jul-09-09 09:14:04 PDT)

James

 

[Grescht]

Ps. If you suspect blowby on your rings that mostly happens at idle, check your intake pipe and IC pipes. They would probably be full of oil from the breather if the rings were bad.

But just because you have oil in your intake piping doesn't mean that you have bad rings. Almost all dsm's have some sort of CC pressure that likes to shoot out your dipstick and flood your intake pipe.

 

[NineTeenNinety]

But just because you have oil in your intake piping doesn't mean that you have bad rings. Almost all dsm's have some sort of CC pressure that likes to shoot out your dipstick and flood your intake pipe.

i replaced my pcv valve on my car with a new one from mitsubishi, and that solved my dipstick popping out. just take the hose off, unscrew it, and if you can blow through both ends, its bad.