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?

[urbandork]

yeah i dont really c large amounts of blue smoke its more like smoke white smoke which i know means water however my coolant level has not changed and it smells like oil. and when i rev it i can see the smoke coming out of the exhaust.

blah i think ill jsut wait till i get a 3sgte which hopfully will be soon and its not smoking all the time only when i spool up the turbo.

perhaps my turbo is leaking oil on the exhaust outlet side and the oil is getting heated up (not burned) there?

as for the oil pan i changed it once but the one i got when i started the project was in bad shape (someone didnt disclose that blahh) the lip wasnt flat at all and as even as i tried to make it the pan will start to leak a few 1000 miles later.



This post has been edited by urbandork: Aug 9, 2006 - 1:53 PM