burning oil, but from where? Options

[urbandork]

lol i know i have an oil leak on my pan however i also know im burning oil some where in the engine. im pretty sure its the piston rings.

my questions are if it where the piston rings would i notice a drop in power? becaus i havnt.

second is if i do a compression test and every cylinder is ok then where else can oil be getting in from? the turbo? I checked the hot pipe and its fine and the intake side of the turbo looks good perhaps its on the exhaust side of the turbine?

[lagos]

fix the oil pan first since you said that it was a known leak and go from there. do a compression and leakdown test, just to see how well your motor is still doing. then do a visual inpection to make sure your not leaking oil from you valve cover, rear or front main seal, turbo oil lines, etc...

if you engine was buring oil, you would see large mounts of blue smoke from the exhaust as you drive.