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

[Harold McComas]

SHHHHH!!!!  Ingo quiet down, my car might hear you. ;-)

 1 quart every 3k or so miles, currently at 163k miles.

Harold M
Manchester, NH
96 S6

> From: Ingo Rautenberg <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] So my car is burning oil?
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> Cc: ELLIEOLSEN at aol.com
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> 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