It’s possible to have bad rings on one cylinder but pretty rare. The time to check is with a leak down test while the engine is still together. Since you have to drop the pan to do the oil pump o rings, I would inspect the cylinder for hone marks and go from there. If those look good, bite the bulle...

I've got lower compression in one cylinder, I'm wanting to do new rings, I think the rings in my cylinder are stuck, causing the low compression. I have no oil consumption. My car sat around for awhile, and if it was driven like an old person, the engine could carbon up. I'm also getting above avera...

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Need to remove the central console, which is like 6 torx screws, I think? Not too bad.

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