[Vwdiesel] turbo 1.6 or non turbo advice

[H.Hagar]

Hello,

My '89 Jetta with a "rebuilt" 1.6 na engine with 25k miles since I bought 
and installed is smoking blue and using a quart of oil every 200 miles 
Bart

Bart --  it hard to troubleshoot by mail , but lets give it a try.

Q :    Using or Loosing ?    --- check it out it may not all be burned.

Q :    200 miles pr US quart ?  ---lots of idling ?

Q :    Blue smoke ?  when warmed up ?   Blue smoke is normally a gasser word.

Q :    Did you do the break in --?      Ring seating ?

Loren and Doug Ferguson  are a good bet for help on this one.   Loren mentioned the
usual spots like valve seals  and so on   -----so I will only mention the weird 
ones --like the fact that this type of engine brings oil from block to head --through
the head-gasket.(I prefer a line on the outside)-- a leak to cylinder is not impossible.
Glazed cylinders are a big problem ---ever since the oil with anti wear additives were introduced.

We all tend to go for perfection ----meaning a fine honing ---- too fine.  Running it at too low
a power for good seating of rings. Metal to metal contact is needed.
Now I do the honing with a much coarser stone. And use straight oil (mineral oil) for
the break in.
Then after all was done -and cylinders are glazed anyway -- it is time for the Bon-Ami.

Hagar.

PS :   We all ?  yes us non mechanics.     And watch out for PO distortion
of time and space.