oil consumption-valve guides Re: [Shotimes] Power steering and AutoRx

[Ian Fisher]

Yeah..I guess it's one of those things you just do and
forget about. I feel better knowing that I have new
guides but I would have felt better if the old ones
that came out were in bad shape. :)

Ian

--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> If you are totally rebuilding an engine with 100K+
> miles, I would go through
> the expense of new valve guides as well as the
> seals. If they start leaking
> 30K down the road, it's a PITA to have them done.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:49 PM
> To: Donald Mallinson; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: oil consumption-valve guides Re: [Shotimes]
> Power steering and
> AutoRx
> 
> Actually, this brings up a question that I wanted to
> ask. I've heard for awhile that the valve guides
> wear
> over time which causes oil loss. After having my
> heads
> rebuilt and bronze guides installed, I'm wondering
> if
> its not the guide seals that are the problem. My
> guides looked fine. If there ever is a next time
> I'll
> probably just replace the seals and leave the guides
> alone.
> 
> Ian
> 
> --- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> > And if the oil use was due to bad valve guides,
> the
> > typical problem with 
> > extreme oil use in the SHO V6, then no oil or
> > additive is going to help.
> > 
> > Don Mallinson
> > 
> > Ron Porter wrote:
> > 
> > >My '94 had leaky valve seals. On the original
> Mobil
> > 1 that the POs used, it
> > >went 800 miles to a quart. Castrol got that up to
> > 1,600 miles/quart. About
> > >every 3-4th cold start, I would get a puff of
> > smoke.
> > >
> > >After the long drive to CA & back on fresh
> Castrol
> > MaxLife, the long hours
> > >of running hot really seemed to help. The puff on
> > startup went away, and I
> > >only went through 3 quarts for the whole 5,500
> > miles or so. Which I thought
> > >was great considering the high temps, track time,
> > etc.
> > >
> > >The MaxLife oils seem to work better for crank
> seal
> > leaks (like my '95 had),
> > >but it does OK on valve seals...or well enough to
> > forego the expense of
> > >changing the seals.
> > >
> > >Ron Porter
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