[s-cars] So my car is burning oil?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Hmm.  First I'd put down that crack pipe, Shawn! He, he.  Yes, I bet  
it's the valve seals -- but since the oil consumption is so low (3k/ 
1qt), just leave it.  And that smoke under accel is more likely  
unburnt fuel :-)

Just leave it for now and address it if it gets worse.  At 160k the  
valve seals are most certainly the culprit.

Happy motoring!

Ingo
'84 urq - '91 V8 5 spd - '93 V8 - '90 V8 (project)


PS:  If anyone is in Austin for some reason (like I was last week), I  
suggest you let Shawn know.  It's a beautiful city and he and his  
wife are most gracious hosts!



On Sep 29, 2006, at 8:00 PM, s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ELLIEOLSEN at aol.com
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 4:01 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] So my car is burning oil?
>
>
>
> Recently, Ingo Rautenberg  (V8 + URQ) was on a quick Central Texas   
> visit
> from Detroit and he mentioned that he thought that my car smoked   
> (blue) a
> little
> too much on startup..The car also will blow some smoke  during heavy
> acceleration.. so the million dollar question is:
> Valves or Turbo?
>
> My question to you all is where do i start...
>
> 1) Valve seals...about WHAT DOES THAT COST? and how likely is it  
> that I am
> having valve issues? Are there tests to see if there is leakage??
>
> 2) Turbo, I replaced original Turbo with a rebuilt one about 3  
> years ago I
> know how to replace this bugger, but this is very different from  
> the last
> Turbo's failure ??? does this seem like typical turbo  
> failure....here is no
> smoke
> at extended idle like my last Turbo failure???
>
>
> What do you think any direction or BTDT's appreciated
>
> Regards,
>
> Shawn Olsen
> Austin TX