Donati..Whoa Green
Ecotec losing oil.
My Ecotec is losing a fair bit of oil, it has gone from the full line to the fill line in just over 4000km. Now I only really noticed this after changing my lifters a few months ago, I not sure it was doing this before the change. It puffs out a cloud when I start the engine, sometimes worse than others.
My thought is that the inlet manifold gaskets were either bad or ill-fitted by myself. Can anyone think of any other possibilities?
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from what you describe, you have dodgy valve stem seals. they cause a puff of oil smoke on startup and if it took 4000k to use the oil, they probably caused your oil loss
Donati..Whoa Green
Yeah I was thinking that as well. But I really noticed this after changing the lifters and I didn't touch the springs or seals. Though I did have the number 5 spark plugs going dodgy really quickly, as in the white part burning within days and changing the seal on that cylinder did fix the problem. I suppose I should suck it up and change them all.
-Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
-Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
-Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short Phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
changing the lifters could cause this as the new lifters will give a fraction more travel in the valve stem moving the point where the seals reach. probably only talking 100th of a millimeter but enough to upset the seals. thats as good as I can describe it. hope you get what I mean
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