oil loss 200tqa

[Ron Wainwright]

  Do you think that thats a lot of oil to be burnin
through the valve seals?
I do get some smoke out the rear muffler at start up
but other than that nothing really alarming or is it?
What do other listers think valve seals good place to
start looking?
 I allso just changed back to the regular oil but it's
still Mobil just no sense to wast the monie on the
synthetic
Thanks
Ron
90 200tqa 203k IA stageII,1.8 bar



--- quattrohead at attbi.com wrote:
> I don't think a compression test will show up valve
> seals so take a chance and just replace them. I
> could be
> wrong about the seals but it seems to be a good
> starting
> point to find out where the oil is going. Usually
> when
> the turbo seal goes the car smokes real bad, like no
>
> road visable in the rear view mirror !!!!!
>
> --
> Kevin Phillips
> 1998 A6 Avant
> 1995 900 SET
> >   Kev,
> >
> >   Will a compression test verify leaky seal's
> >  or is this a get in there and replace and see if
> that
> > fixes the problem?
> > Thanks
> > Ron
> > 87 5ksq 226k(original owner) euros,white
> > corners,fuchs,eibach prokit,boge turbogas,strut
> > bar,power leather sport seat conversion from grey
> > MANUAL cloth
> > 90 200tqa 203k IA stageII,1.8 bar
> >
> >
> > --- Kev the Brit <quattrohead at attbi.com> wrote:
> > > Is there a puff of smoke at start-up ? Take a
> good
> > > look for this as it means
> > > that you need valve stem oil seals. Tapping
> lifters
> > > can be replaced at the
> > > same time whilst your there. Less expensive and
> > > easier than a turbo rebuild
> > > if it works.
> > > My 200 started burning oil when I put synthetic
> in
> > > it and had not before. I
> > > was going to do lifters and stem seals but sold
> it
> > > instead.
> > > Good luck.
> > >
> > > Kevin Phillips
> > > 1998 A6 Avant
> > > 1995 900 SET
> > >
> >
> >
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