Hello All
I rebuilt my daughters 91 SI last winter, after determining it had some
head aches...
Broken valve and a bent valve.
Did the rings, valves, guides all gaskets, and after an easy 2000 km
break-in, it happily passed the emission test.
A couple of months later it started to use oil, and now is using about
a litre a week. It gets driven about 125 kms a day on the highway, (work
and back) puts out some noticeable smoke on accelerating, tho I haven't
followed it down the road to confirm highway speed smoking.
Anyone had this experience....?, with what solution.
Thanx for any help
Ray

 

In article <FY0Le.7$YP.2@read2.cgocable.net>, RayGun <rgunmunro@cogeco.ca>
wrote:

> Hello All
> I rebuilt my daughters 91 SI last winter, after determining it had some
> head aches...
> Broken valve and a bent valve.
> Did the rings, valves, guides all gaskets, and after an easy 2000 km
> break-in, it happily passed the emission test.
> A couple of months later it started to use oil, and now is using about
> a litre a week. It gets driven about 125 kms a day on the highway, (work
> and back) puts out some noticeable smoke on accelerating, tho I haven't
> followed it down the road to confirm highway speed smoking.
> Anyone had this experience....?, with what solution.
> Thanx for any help
> Ray

Ray,
In most cases, the rings are the reason that an engine starts burning lots
of oil. It's my guess that you must have done something wrong. I suggest
that you do a compression test to determine if I am right or wrong.
Jason

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