"Common Type R Problem" ? Sounds odd to me!

cwl2373 · Post by **cwl2373** » October 18th, 2007, 12:02 am

Perusing eBay and found this write-up under the ad for a 98 ITR, eBay item #270175879825. BTW, this car has 83,050 miles.

Now onto the car. When I bought it, I found out soon after that the piston rings were bad. (Common Type R Problem) So I took the car to an ASE certified Honda Master tech and had factory Honda JDM ITR pistons and rings installed to fix it. Now the car runs PERFECT!!!

I never had any ring problems with my ITR or my 11 year old, 171k+ mileage GSR. Is this guy full of sh*t or are bad piston rings a "Common Type R Problem" as he stated?

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » October 18th, 2007, 1:43 am

Well oil burning/consumption is common... my R has burned oil since the second week of owning it. I had the entire head replaced (for a different reason) and it still burns oil by the buckets so in my case it is the rings.
I'd say that half of the ITRs out there burn oil and it mostly due to rings.
Common, yeah that would be a good word to use. But I'm sure someone will argue and say it's not common

tartje · Post by **tartje** » October 18th, 2007, 3:56 am

mine burns oil due to bad oil control rings

Sfedai0 · Post by **Sfedai0** » October 18th, 2007, 4:59 am

I unfortunately burn oil as well prob due to bad rings....

Loud-N-Clear · Post by **Loud-N-Clear** » October 18th, 2007, 2:09 pm

Mine too.

BudMan · Post by **BudMan** » October 19th, 2007, 10:23 am

cwl2373 wrote:Perusing eBay and found this write-up under the ad for a 98 ITR, eBay item #270175879825. BTW, this car has 83,050 miles.

Now onto the car. When I bought it, I found out soon after that the piston rings were bad. (Common Type R Problem) So I took the car to an ASE certified Honda Master tech and had factory Honda JDM ITR pistons and rings installed to fix it. Now the car runs PERFECT!!!
I never had any ring problems with my ITR or my 11 year old, 171k+ mileage GSR. Is this guy full of sh*t or are bad piston rings a "Common Type R Problem" as he stated?

He's full of crap. These may burn oil, but at 9000rpm it doesn't cause any problem or stop them to the point of a rebuild or re-ring.

BudMan...still racing the 130,000 mile motor burning the same 1/4 quart per 1/2 hour.

soulassassin13 · Post by **soulassassin13** » October 21st, 2007, 12:00 am

I burn oil too..... time for an oil change about every 2400 for me...

ITRCA

"Common Type R Problem" ? Sounds odd to me!

"Common Type R Problem" ? Sounds odd to me!

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