Where's my oil going?

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

(FWD per Phil)

And reply:
Exhaust valve stem seals.  They leak, usually at higher rpms and the oil
blows out the exhaust.  Usually no smoke involved.  My 85 does the same,
unless I keep the RPMs down (less than 5000 or so).

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Boeye [mailto:rocco_phil@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 8:38 AM
>To: Scirocco List
>Subject: Fwd: Where's my oil going?
>
>
>Can one of you forward this to the list?  I keep
>getting bounced.
>
>Thanks.
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com>
>Date: Apr 20, 2006 8:39 PM
>Subject: Where's my oil going?
>To: car <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>
>Been driving 200+ miles, 5 days / week, for three
>weeks now.  Did an oil change just days before this.
>Today, I check the oil and it's missing almost 2
>quarts.  No oil stains in the garage.  Never smell
>any. Don't see dark clouds of smoke when accelerating.
> What gives?
>
>
>--
>Mike
>'86 red 16v (der Jahrtausendfeierfalke)
>"The world is my oyster soup kitchen floor wax
>museum." - King Crimson
>