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 May 18, 2011 - 8:25 PM
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hey everyone,
I've been having a problem with my celi lately that really has me stumped. This think is losing oil like crazy and i cant figure out where. This is a 99 5s with 92k, and I've always done proper maintenance to it. I just had to add 2 quarts after a 600 mile trip of pure 80mph highway driving. There are no leaks other than slight weeping from the distributor seal. I get an occasional puff of blue on startup so I'm thinking that it might be the valve seals...but I cant imagine how they would let THAT much oil past. I did a compression test and got factory numbers across the board so I know its not my rings. The only thing I can think of is that my #4 valve seal got damaged when a spark plug shattered into the cylinder a year ago... But if I was losing so much oil from just one cylinder, wouldn't i see a lot of blue smoke? Is it possible for the catalytic converter to clean up the exhaust so well? --------------------  |
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May 19, 2011 - 9:35 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 10, '10 From MA Currently Offline Reputation: 37 (100%) |
anything can happen to any engine, some last longer than others. 4-eyed-freak is up to almost 350k and he's pretty lucky. I'm up to 225k, my friend had an engine go at 80k. it doesn't matter the mileage, anything can happen
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enderswift consuming oil May 18, 2011 - 8:25 PM
Smaay could be all the valve guide seals. and just cause... May 18, 2011 - 8:43 PM
enderswift QUOTE (Smaay @ May 18, 2011 - 8:43 P... May 18, 2011 - 9:22 PM Smaay i seen engines with less than 50K become oil drink... May 19, 2011 - 8:43 AM enderswift well, if anyone is having a similar issue heres wh... May 26, 2011 - 4:54 PM |
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