Engine burning oil? [Archive] - Saxperience

saxomatt01

29th July 2008, 15:02

HI CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ANY FEEDBACK AS TO WHY MY ENGINE IS BURING OIL???
HAVE BEEN TOLD IT MIGHT BE THE PISTON RINGS.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFUL.:panic:

KamRacing

29th July 2008, 15:09

the person who told you it could be the piston rings is right.. Oil leaks past them into the combustion chamber

gdwelsh

29th July 2008, 15:09

Valve stem oil seals...

Common on these I do believe... this happened to me years back on a 106 xsi (same block)

saxomatt01

29th July 2008, 15:13

cheers,how much am i looking at to fix this??

gdwelsh

29th July 2008, 15:18

couple of hundred at a garage... head needs removing.

I'm sorry I don't have anything brighter to say... other then possibly drop a 16v lump in, I did this on the XSi.

samcook

29th July 2008, 15:20

cheers,how much am i looking at to fix this??

how much is it burning?

saxomatt01

29th July 2008, 15:22

fair bit tbh.

samcook

29th July 2008, 15:47

how much is a fair bit?
are you having to top it up every week?

RCD-Performance

31st July 2008, 12:53

Could be a few things.

Stem seals or rings are the things that pop straight to mind.