[alfa] Re: GTV6 Oil Consumption

["Mark Manley" <WarpOMatic@xxxxxxx>]

     A few years ago my GTV6 was smoking badly. The time
I could detect it was driving away from a burger joint with
slow service. Left a regular smoke screen after idling too 
long. A broken timing belt forced major head work. New guides
and seals and 6 new valves. All the smoke went away so I'd 
say if most of the smoke is for a short time after idling, the 
problem is probably all in your head. 
                               Mark

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:42:15 +0000, alfa-digest wrote:

>From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
>Subject: [alfa] oil consumption
>
>Can anyone provide any pointers on determining whether oil smoke in 
>the exhaust is coming from ring blowby, or leaky valve guides, or 
>both (or anything else that might introduce oil into the combustion 
>chamber)?  I'm contemplating some sort of partial rebuild on my GTV-6 
>engine, and I'd like to know what's causing the worst of the oil 
>consumption, and target that specifically.
>
>I plan on performing another compression test (last one, a couple 
>years ago, showed fine compression).  I understand that the 
>compression can be fine and still have an oil control issue.  I'd 
>like to learn as much as possible before tearing the engine down. 
>What exactly is a leak-down test?  Is that something I should invest 
>in?
>
>Thanks,
>Joe Elliott
>'82 GTV-6
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