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How to know the piston and rings are out in my jeep grand cherokee 4.7 v8

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Old 07-29-2009, 10:45 PM
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Question How to know the piston and rings are out in my jeep grand cherokee 4.7 v8

I HAVE a jeep grand cherokee and i want to know how to tell if the piston rings are going out on it or have already went out thanks eric
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Pull all the plugs and do a compression test with the throttle open, fuel pump fuse out.
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Along with what has already been mentioned,loss of power,rough idle and plenty of blow-by.
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