Burning oil

nm9stheham said

Just the bore taper and out-of-roundness. And flipped 2nd rings. Boy, 200K on the guides..... It'd be pretty unexpected be very tight anymore.

Funny how that works...LOL. I just think that when you get some taper in the bore, the constant flexing of the rings just does them in in quick order.

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Yup. Rings detest changes in bore diameter. And the thicker the rings, the less they will tolerate bore geometry issues.

That thing was a mess. I haven't thought about that engine in years. It had some unknown cam it that wouldn't idle well below 1200 and at that, it was just nasty. And idle doesn't bother me, but the girlfriend hatred it. It would shake the car so bad the visor on her side would drop down. Not a big deal, unless you were her. Then is was an absolutely deal breaker.

And, it was just nasty to about 1900 and then it would clean up a bit and by 2500 it was making steam. Unfortunately at 4500 it was all over but the crying. At the time I figured it was turning 7500 (hell, I thought I was) but my dad drove it and said its lucky to be turning 5500. So I went and bought a nice Stewart-Warner tach and damned if the old man was off by a grand. 4500 was all she had.

I hated that oil spewing turd.