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RobHayes

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29th Oct 04 at 16:06

right

i know that blue smoke is burning oil

is there any way of finding out why its burning oil without taking the whole thing to bits? like any telltale signs?
its a c16xe on TBs by the way

any help would be greatly appreciated

[Edited on 29-10-2004 by RobHayes]

Meat-Pie-SRI

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29th Oct 04 at 16:49

Piston Rings ??

RobHayes

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29th Oct 04 at 16:52

i know what it could be, i just want to know if there'e any way of knowing what it is before taking it off the road and taking the engine to bits, dont want to do anything unnecessary

Meat-Pie-SRI

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29th Oct 04 at 16:54

You done a compression test??

RobHayes

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29th Oct 04 at 16:55

no, i thought that was for head gaskets??

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29th Oct 04 at 18:00

No, if you do a compression test and take note of the pressure, then pour a little oil into the cylinder and do another compression test and you get a higher pressure reading then your piston rings need replacing

RobHayes

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29th Oct 04 at 18:01

from reading stuff on net about this, and looking in the trusty haynes manual, it was saying that for it to be burning oil, the spark plug should show signs of oily deposits on it, but it didnt when i checked it today. could it be possible for not all of the cylinders to be burning, and so the plug i checked be ok cos that cylinder isnt burning oil. apparently my engine was only rebuilt about 8k miles ago, surely the rings cant have gone in that short time??

ainsley_brader

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29th Oct 04 at 21:25

depends how and who rebuilt it!

c20rsa.com

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29th Oct 04 at 23:01

might be the valve seals, too...

1800ed: never heard of pouring oil into the cylinder. with high compression ratios i believe that it can be very dangerous to do...

MoNkEy MaGiC

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30th Oct 04 at 11:58

my c16xe GSI has been fooked for over a year now

i get loads of white/grey smoke when i boot it, and engine is lacking a lot of power!!????

and my spark plugs are COVERED in black deposits!!!!!!

im surprised they even make a spark, if i clean them, with in 1-2 weeks they get dirty again!