[urq] Problems with my 83

klettn at cae.wisc.edu klettn at cae.wisc.edu
Thu Mar 3 14:52:03 EST 2005


Hi, I'm hoping that someone might be able to help me out. I have an 83 that I
bought about 6 months ago as a "running" project car, but it turned out that
the car burned way too much oil to continue driving(about 1 qt/300 miles). The
car would smoke blueish/black upon accel. So I was trying to check the
compression in order to determine if that could explain where some of the oil
was going.  The compression was (from front to back) 125, 115, 115, 115, 110,
which from what I understand isn't too bad, but the plugs looked terrible
(check links below).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v456/klettn/Dsc00201.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v456/klettn/Dsc00202.jpg

I put new plugs in and they were black (lots of carbon) with in about 5 miles.
Someone on the tex thought I might be loosing oil through the turbo so I
currently have that off. There is a bit of play and I am thinking about a
rebuild, but it didn't seem to explain the missing oil. So now I have a car with
the turbo pulled, burns/looses oil, and the plugs that burn up. I love the car,
but I am not sure what direction to go. Any suggestions would be great thanks

Nate


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