Type 44 eyebrow-- was oil consumption

[Mihnea Cotet]

At 14:37 25/12/2001 -0500, Huw Powell wrote:

>My coupe didn;t even reach that, was at about a quart every 1000 miles.
>Which is a lot.
Yup, I agree with you on this one...I'll have the leaks fixed then I'll
watch carefully the oil consumption but the valve stem seals seem to be ok
(the PO told me that they had been replaced) as when I fill it with oil and
start the engine immediately there's no smoke on the exhaust side as I've
seen recently in an 85 coupe GT that did a huge blue cloud after we filled
it with oil...



>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...
Well, sometimes I can see it in the rearview mirror when I shift into third
at 7000 rpms ....


>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.

Well, it's very weird but I don't know where it could come from if the
compression is ok (didn't do a leakdown test as it's pretty difficult to
find the right material to do it in Europe) and it doesn't show signs of
dead stem seals....maybe only the leak???  I must say that it now uses 1
quart every 650 miles with spirited city driving, with careful highway
driving (80-85 mph) it uses a quart every 1500 miles I think....
Oh well, I'll just wait to have the MC in and as it's pretty new it
shouldn't use a lot of oil....

Thanks for the reply, Huw!

Mihnea