Re: Burning oil part 2

[Iain Mannix <mannix@privatei.com>]

At 5:43 PM -0400 9/19/97, Etrik Patricella wrote:
>Well, to get a better idea of what I am dealing with, I went
>out an pulled the plugs.  Now to my surprise they were clean
>as year old plugs should be :), so this leads me to believe
>that the smoking has just started.  The odo. reads 106k
>but it was broken for awhile, so I am guessing 140 to 150k
>(not too bad actually).  Another thing is when I first
>start it there is no smoke at all, then after it warms up
>the smoke starts.  Would this point to the valve seal?.
>
>Maybe I am going about this the wrong way, maybe its a
>sign to move to bigger and better things (2.0). So
>a few questions about that, how much would a 2.0 16v
>short block run?  although if it is a valve seal
>maybe I should look into a Techtonics head for the 1.8?
>but what would be the sense of not putting new rings in
>while I have the head off?  I am confused, either way
>I think it would end up being a $1000 thing.
>
>Etrik

Not been paying attention, but do you KNOW it is rings?  It could be valve
seals, airbox getting oil from the PCV, lots of things make an engine
smoke.  Done a compression test?  Curious.


Mannix


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