Other causes for oil burning
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From: You wish
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Oil consumption for new engines is not unusual (although my S2K didn't burn a drop to my surprise). However, my car had 10K miles on it when I suddenly consumed a lot of oil - hence my personal investigation into breather tube issues.
It seems quite common for many people to burn a lot of oil to start and gradually taper off over time and that wouldn't worry me if I were a new owner.
BTW, would that exotic be a Porsche (12 quarts) or a large displacement Ferrari?
UL
Oil consumption for new engines is not unusual (although my S2K didn't burn a drop to my surprise). However, my car had 10K miles on it when I suddenly consumed a lot of oil - hence my personal investigation into breather tube issues.
It seems quite common for many people to burn a lot of oil to start and gradually taper off over time and that wouldn't worry me if I were a new owner.
BTW, would that exotic be a Porsche (12 quarts) or a large displacement Ferrari?
UL
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Well, if spirited driving is the number 1 culprit after break-in, then I'm going to use a lot of oil when spring gets to Michigan. But with two MGs in the garage I already invested in an oil well, and know the routine well.
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The other car is a Jaguar - XK 140, also a roadster. And, also a heck of a lot of fun. Both cars (the Jag and the S2K) makes stops for gas a lengthy process because of all the attention and questions. The shy need not apply for membership in either of these clubs.
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Nope, I just resigned myself to topping up the oil after track days.
That said, now that I've got an AEM on and have removed the hard lines, a catch tank would be a piece of cake.
UL
That said, now that I've got an AEM on and have removed the hard lines, a catch tank would be a piece of cake.
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Originally posted by ultimate lurker
Nope, I just resigned myself to topping up the oil after track days.
That said, now that I've got an AEM on and have removed the hard lines, a catch tank would be a piece of cake.
UL
Nope, I just resigned myself to topping up the oil after track days.
That said, now that I've got an AEM on and have removed the hard lines, a catch tank would be a piece of cake.
UL
I am going to replace that with a catch can. My biggest fear was that the Comptech kit was sucking on that breather pre-blower which I would think can't be good for the blower. If you went through a quart of oil - that's a lot of oil to suck through all of the intake parts, no?
-YS
