Re: Burning oil

["Jeremiah Curry" <jeremiahcurry@sprintmail.com>]

thanks,
It is oil, blue smoke car has ~180,000 miles.  I have also been using oil,
but not coolant.



> At 10:15 PM 11/9/99 -0700, Jeremiah Curry wrote:
> >    The other day I noticed that my care was making white smoke when I
> >revved it, so I took it to Alpine Foreign Auto (the local audi
specialists)
> >and asked them about it.  They said that it was either some seals for the
> >lifters or something like that (I didn't quite understand) or the rings.
> >Quoted the seal at $200 and the rings at $1200 because it would require
an
> >entire engine rebuild.  I don't thing the rings would be worth it.  I
could
> >probably have another engine dropped in cheaper.  What do the experts
think?
>
> oil smoke is blue.
> coolant "smoke" is white.
> you are getting coolant in the combustion chamber.
> are you slowly losing coolant?
> have you checked your compression?
> usually this is caused by a leaky head gasket or a crack in the head,
> either one of which will allow coolant to migrate into the wrong places.
>
> frank
>
>