- 1. Burning Oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Denapoli, James J" <james.j.denapoli@lmco.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:30:27 -0700
- My 1975 MGB is burning oil. I had a compression check and all cylinders checked out between 114 to 124. How do I know if it is valves versus something more serious like rings? I don't want to pull th
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- 2. Re: Burning Oil (score: 1)
- Author: Howard gentry <zymmer4@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:49:58 -0800 (PST)
- -- "Denapoli, James J" <james.j.denapoli@lmco.com> Jim, 1)take a compression check as it sits, in a warmed up condition.(you have done this) 2) pull plugs and pour a spoonfull of motor oil down each
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00447.html (7,609 bytes)
- 3. Re: Burning Oil (score: 1)
- Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:44:25 -0000
- You do a wet and dry compression test. The wet test consists of putting about a tea-spoonful of oil into each cylinder. If the compressions go up significantly any low readings are due to bore/ring w
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00449.html (7,331 bytes)
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