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<div>The owner is aware of the issues with oil & I think he is using 20w/50 Castrol synthetic oil. I will confirm at the meeting. On the trip to Conclave no one noticed any thing unusual about his exhaust. Some did say they say a "little black smoke, occasionally". I will be interested in seeing the plugs. If not rings, how else could oil be getting into the combustion chamber? </div>
<div>Perhaps the valve stems could be leaking. How could we test for this? How about valve stem seals leaking?</div>
<div>Gary H</div>
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From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br>
To: healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:22 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] high oil consumption<br>
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If it really isn't leaking it can only be burning it; I'd expect
quite a bit of blue smoke out the tailpipe. My BJ8's engine was
rebuilt a couple years ago and uses some, less than this one, but
isn't leaking it--I was under it yesterday--and I only get a little
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<div>Our local AH club will be checking a BJ8 for high oil
consumption this weekend. He says it is not leaking out. We
will verify that when we inspect it. </div>
<div>He added 8 quarts of oil on the round trip to Conclave
recently (2100 miles total). The engine was professionally
rebuilt in 2011. The engine builder has recently retired &
moved to a Caribbean island so we cannot contact him, true
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<div>In 2012 he used 6 quarts of oil on a 5000 mile trip. About
2-3 years ago I checked the compression, performed a leak down
test & inspected the spark plugs. Every thing was in the
normal range.</div>
<div>My question is: If the engine passes all the usual tests
this weekend, what are some of the unusual ways you have come
across that could cause high oil consumption & how would
we test for them? </div>
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