[urq] Problems with my 83

[Buchholz, Steven]

... compression sounds very good, but those spark plugs are very bad!
How long have they been in the engine?  Are you having a problem with
pinging?  What sort of boost are you running?  Do you know if your car
(specifically engine and ECU) is stock or has it been modified?

The oil consumption may well be explained by turbo seals ... when I had
this on my car there was no outward sign of an oil leak when I pulled
the turbo.  I think your only option is to have it rebuilt and reinstall
... and hope this fixes the problem.  Another possibility is that you've
got liquid oil coming back through the crankcase vent system ... you can
check this by pulling the hose that goes from the valve cover back to
the intake and see if you can see liquid oil pooled there.  I don't
think that this could explain a 1qt/300mi usage though!

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> 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