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1. Oil Consumption (score: 1): Author: John Trindle <jtrindle@ftf03.larc.nasa.gov>; Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 15:04:25 -0500; To: Mike Burdick (mburdick@unmc.edu) Re: Oil Consumption Thanks for the rapid response! I have washed down the engine, and there is very little visible leakage. The dipstick may have oozed a bit, and; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00341.html (8,116 bytes)
2. Re: Oil Consumption (score: 1): Author: mburdick@unmc.edu (Mike Burdick); Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 15:27:18 CST; Remember that oil that leaks out will drip to the ground (if parked) or get blown back onto tranny, frame, diff, etc... (if under way) before you totally rule leaks out :-) An air driven impact wren; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00345.html (8,035 bytes)
3. Oil Consumption (score: 1): Author: John Trindle <jtrindle@ftf03.larc.nasa.gov>; Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 14:00:51 -0500; Oddly enough, there doesn't seem to be any visible smoke of any kind. I am changing the oil today, and seriously considering dropping the sump pan and regasketing, and regasketing the timing chain c; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00366.html (7,018 bytes)
4. Re: Oil Consumption (score: 1): Author: kburtch@pts.mot.com (Kevin Burtch X8534 Ppppp); Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 14:20:42 EST; I agree, sounds like a _bad_ leak. One way to find out how your rings are is to do a compression check. It will let you know a lot about the engine's condition. Kevin; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00367.html (7,188 bytes)
5. Oil Consumption (score: 1): Author: John Trindle <jtrindle@ftf03.larc.nasa.gov>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 17:44:07 -0500; Thanks for the tip, Josh, but I couldn't convince my partner to help me drop the sump pan (sigh). Plus it doesn't really seem to be leaking. However, I want to clean UNDER the engine as well as all a; /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00408.html (7,313 bytes)
6. Oil Consumption (score: 1): Author: alevinso@motown.ge.com; Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 08:25:40 -0500 (EST); Sorry for no LBC contents - I wish I could talk about my '61 Bugeye oil consumption but its in a middle of a five year ground up rebuild. The question is a lot more mandane. I have a '86 Mazda 626 (c; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00394.html (7,489 bytes)
7. Re: Oil Consumption (score: 1): Author: marrone@optilink.dsccc.com (Frank Marrone); Date: Mon, 22 Nov 93 10:34:09 PST; Alex asks, I have found that, as you would expect, heavier viscosity oils can cut down on oil consumption some. My '66 cad used about 4+ quarts of 10W/40 per 1K miles(!!) primarily due to neglect in; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00432.html (7,159 bytes)

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