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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 11:13 PM
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Oil Consumption - Should I Be Worried?

Alright, I've got a '91 GTU with 105k miles on it and a factory fresh engine at 80k. It was eating oil when I bought it and all was good but I recently got an oil change (lacking the jack stands to do it myself) about 1k miles ago and the oil level's stayed at full since then. I check it when the engine's cold and when filling it up (warm/hot), always making sure I'm on a level surface. I dunno if I should be freaking out or not. Does it sound like my metering pump is out of whack or my oil injectors aren't working? My compression's above 120 on both rotors and I tend to drive it fairly hard when it warms up and nothing above 3k rpm when it's cold.
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 11:15 PM
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Bah! I forgot to mention that in the morning when I start it I do see the puff of blue smoke so I know it's getting an injection when I start her up.
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 12:25 AM
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Read FAQ on Rotary engines..
I believe a quart every ~1000Miles is normal... or something like that..
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 12:49 AM
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Exactly... I haven't had to add any oil which has me worried.
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 02:15 AM
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you should be fine. And as for smoke on startup, if it goes away when warmed up, you have nothing to worry about.
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 02:32 AM
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*sigh* I'm concerned that it's NOT burning any oil. And I know the smoke on startup's supposed to be there (I didn't think I made it sound like I was worried about it). o.O
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 09:25 AM
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I to believe iam having the same thing happen to me. I have been probally 400 miles on this oil and I honestly cant see any change in the level. Maybe my eyes just suck :\
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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That's what I thought as well since I lost my glasses so I asked some friends and they say the level hasn't gone down at all. :/
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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sounds strange me oil presure gage dosent work but cassie consumes oil on a regular basic so i think shes good need to get a new gage
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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I check it straight at the dipstick, yo!
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 10:32 PM
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haha mine is the same way... i wonder why the oil level never changes... almost makes me worried that the omp isnt feeding my apex seals... however no problems so far
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 11:04 PM
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Only on OUR CARS would people be concerned when they're NOT burning oil. *sigh*
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