Type 44 eyebrow-- was oil consumption

[Huw Powell]

> >Sounds like maybe Svarte Pete visited your engine and left a lump of coal
> >in your cylinders. Oil consumption like that has got to be a concern. Is
> >your coupe trying to transform into a diesel?
>
> Well, the owner's manual is stating a normal oil consumption of up to 1.5
> quart per 650 miles, which I am far away from....

My coupe didn;t even reach that, was at about a quart every 1000 miles.
Which is a lot.

> The most curious thing about this oil consumption is that I've rarely seen
> smoke behind the car....sometimes when I rev it up to 7k rpms I can see a
> very small "cloud" of blue smoke behind it but that's about all, no smoke
> on start-up,  no smoke when letting off the gas pedal but still this
> consumption....

I never see my smoke, either, but those who get stuck following me
usually comment on it.  I think that since it usually comes at hard
shifts, my eyes are busy looking forward...

The oil burning went down about 30-40% when I replaced my valve stem
seals.  Which was such a hairy job that by the time I was done, I hoped
that I simply had not *increased* oil consumption!  This is a leak free
car, too, so it's all going out the exhaust.

--
Huw Powell

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