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Old 03-10-2005, 06:00 PM
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Default car burns oil quickly.....whats up with that?

ever since I got my bottom end/motor rebuilt (eagle rods, arias pistons, also cam and minor head work/bigger turbo) I go through a quart of oil like every week....

I dont drip oil, my garage floor dosnt have a single drip....it must be all burning up in the cylinders.....is this normal for a built motor...? Is it something I should be worried about...?
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What oil you runnin?
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that is definately not normal it sounds like you got some bad work on your motor if thepistons are loose in the cylander you will definately burn up a ton of oil.
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Default Re: car burns oil quickly.....whats up with that? (VTiVTo8000rpm)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VTiVTo8000rpm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What oil you runnin?</TD></TR></TABLE>

10W30.....


Is it bad for the motor....? even if I just add the quart every week...? The cylinders had to be bored in order for the pistons....I was afraid there is a crack on the sleeve or something, but wouldnt that burn oil....or would it...?
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Default Re: car burns oil quickly.....whats up with that? (turbo95eg6)

Are you constantly running at high rpm's??? still it shouldn't be burning oil that quick. I'd take it back to whomever built it and ask them WTF is up
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I think if a sleeve was cracked, ya motor would have very bad CR and run like ****. Does it run good?
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thats the thing.....it runs awsome....pretty much flawless....my mechanic doesnt know whats up either....and we dont feel like tearing the whole damn thing apart...maybe we should
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbo95eg6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats the thing.....it runs awsome....pretty much flawless....my mechanic doesnt know whats up either....and we dont feel like tearing the whole damn thing apart...maybe we should</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would tell him to do it free of charge...he fucked up right?

OT ...but about how much did it cost you for the piston job, I'm looking into raising the CR and boring out the chambers???
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it was about $150 to bore them out....

the cost will come mostly from the instal of the parts...

could it be oil seals....or valve seals...? If it was piston rings, wouldnt the car run funny...?
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Default Re: car burns oil quickly.....whats up with that? (turbo95eg6)

If your burning oil it is either the rings or the valve seals. The valve seals can be replaced without even taking the head off and it's pretty cheap. On another note if you just had your cylinders bored and new pistons/rings installed it is normal to burn off some oil untill the rings are seated in the bores. This is just like breaking in a new engine and you should follow the same steps as stated in the owners manual for new car break in. I have a question though if you had all this work done why diddn't you have the valve seals replaced while the motor was apart? just curious....good luck.
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My piston ring is shot in one of my cylinders (oil on spark plug) and it still pulls *shrugs*
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Default Re: car burns oil quickly.....whats up with that? (SloDelSol)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SloDelSol &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If your burning oil it is either the rings or the valve seals. The valve seals can be replaced without even taking the head off and it's pretty cheap. On another note if you just had your cylinders bored and new pistons/rings installed it is normal to burn off some oil untill the rings are seated in the bores. This is just like breaking in a new engine and you should follow the same steps as stated in the owners manual for new car break in. I have a question though if you had all this work done why diddn't you have the valve seals replaced while the motor was apart? just curious....good luck.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I just came to realize....the head I have now, I bought used from a friend for $100....we ported and polished it, cleaned the **** out of it, and put in a cam....I dont think we replaced the seals though....Good thinkin, I will check out those seals firs
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