TheAuroch

Here's the deal, every time I get in my car I check the oil, hey, when you got your car from a junk yard, its a good thing to do. Anyways, every morning, its low, I put some in, go on about my way. Next morning, same old story. Now my engine was rebuilt, so I could understand it for the first few days or weeks. Give the engine time to seat itself, or untill I break it in, @ 15oo miles. Well its been SIX MONTHS, and 2000 MILES, why is this thing drinking this much oil, 20 50w at that!

gamble302

well see if its leaking, put cardboard underneath it tonight and figure out if its leakin

TheAuroch

Not a drop...and it doesn't smoke ither...but my 5,6 ports are locked open, but I didn't think it would drink that much oil, I mean halfway down the D.S. sometimes at the bottom.

gamble302

dayam, im stumped, hows the omp setup at the moment?

TheAuroch

I'm not precisely sure, discribe it for me, i'm a driver, not a mechanic, I always left this stuff up to Roger, and Joey, (JapTrix Racing)

TheAuroch

I think I know what you're talking about, all of the stock linckedge is in tack and functioning within normal peramiters, then again, i'm a driver...

GT1

Check your coolant to see if theres signs of oil in it .. i'm not sure which engine/oilcooler your using but a faulty 84-85 style coolant/oil cooler jusr killed an oil control ring in mine with only 45,000km/28,000mi on it. In less than 4 days when i checked the oil last it ran my engine too low on oil to survive.

Pele

iTrader: (28)

If you killed an oil control ring, it'd smoke like a bitch...

It's gotta be leaking somewhere and pooling up... Either that, or the OMP is stuck WFO...

Tell us more about your car, Year and such. ESP the engine's year if it's from a different car.

Perhaps try the OMP test as described in the Haynes Manual... You do have one, right?

Directfreak

iTrader: (2)

Ask them. Isn't Jap-Trix in West Palm Beach , FL?
It could be the OMP in max position though. Not necessarily a bad thing.

TheAuroch

I have an 85" GSL-SE car with a slightly newer 13b, the last mech. that worked on it, who took it apart, because the guy that I baught it off of put the second rotor in "backwards" I don't know, said it was from an 86" or 87" RX. I am not that knowledgeable to know the differance, I have the Chilton's manual lost the Haynes in the move. Yep, Jap-Trix is in W.P.B, Lake Worthe to be precise, I lived in WP for five years, and dealt with them on my previous 83" and my other 85" I got to know them well because I used to be the Anouncer at "Moroso" The oil cooler that is directly under the oil filter is no-longer there, it was removed, but there is some huge looking cooler system up front, in front of my radiator. but the car allways runs way cool, if its on a cool day 75- or lower, it hardly registers. But every morning its about half way down the D.S. and i'm using 20 50w Castrol. On my first oil change i'm going to Red Line, oil and trany fluid, the full aray of R.L. lubricants.

GT1

oops, i didn't phrase it properly ... I meant check in your coolant to see if it is filling up with oil, not that it was burning it off through a blown oil control seal .... thats probably not the problem but its not worth taking a chance if thats it. If there is oil in the coolant you'll see a nasty yellow/green sludge and oil dropplets floating on the surface in the resivoir tank beside the radiator.

TheAuroch

That's the problem, there aren't any of the standard symptoms. It only smoke's a little when I first start it in the morning, and that's it, no smoke, good pressure, low temp, clean antifreez, and clean oil, I just cant keep it in the car. If it was an obvious, or apparent leak, I don't think my car would have lasted this long, I would at least have seen some signs, visually, or performance wise. Of course, the only performance I have to compare it to is from this car alone. Never driven a F.G. in tip top shape.