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Collapse of Piston Rings?

Tiny
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1998 Chev. Tracker, 79,000 miles, auto. Trans, took to mechanic to have gaskets and seals replaced. Drove home only 5 miles, went a couple days later to start and wouldn't start, made a bad knocking sound. Was towed back to mechanic, we were told that the engine rings collapsed.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 AT 11:51 AM

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Tiny
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Are you sure they didn't say collapsed lifters? Rings don't collapse they wear or break.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 AT 1:02 PM
Tiny
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It sounds like to me, the mechanic allowed the old gasket material or the gasket gun grit get down into the engine and now it has spun a bearing and clogged the oil pump pick up.
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