Hey All.. I rebuilt my daughters 91 Si, had burned and bent exhaust
valves. Put in new rings, valves, valve seats, gaskets and all the
necessary items needed. Break-in period was gentle and 2000 kms.
It passed the emission test no sweat, but after about three months
started to go through more an more oil.
Compression test showed all cylinders up to snuff, ( haven't done a
leak-down test) but the exhaust pipes are full of soft coal!!! and there
is definitely smoke under exceleration and decel. No oil on
undercarriage, no drips, no leaks from rocker cover...?????
Anyone had this experience...and what remedy
Thanx for any help.
Ray

 

RayGun wrote:
> Hey All.. I rebuilt my daughters 91 Si, had burned and bent exhaust
> valves. Put in new rings, valves, valve seats, gaskets and all the
> necessary items needed. Break-in period was gentle and 2000 kms.
> It passed the emission test no sweat, but after about three months
> started to go through more an more oil.
> Compression test showed all cylinders up to snuff, ( haven't done a
> leak-down test) but the exhaust pipes are full of soft coal!!! and there
> is definitely smoke under exceleration and decel. No oil on
> undercarriage, no drips, no leaks from rocker cover...?????
> Anyone had this experience...and what remedy
> Thanx for any help.
> Ray
>

two possibilities:

1. assuming the rebuild was good, check the coolant level. look in the
radiator, not the expansion bottle. if you don't have the correct
coolant level, the temp sensor is not getting the right signal and it
tells the motor to go into cold start mode. that injects excess gas,
dilutes the oil film on the cylinder walls & suddenly, it's consuming
oil. also check/replace the thermostat & the oxygen sensor. but i
doubt this would be as bad as a quart a week.

2. you mention replacing rings, but not pistons. when you replace
rings, you need to re-hone the cylinder wall to break up the glaze layer
for the new rings to bite. re-honing usually means new pistons. if you
didn't hone, the rings will never seal and it'll drink oil. in
addition, all traces of abrasive need to be removed from the cylinder
wall after honing too. re-built engines almost always have a much
accelerated wear rate compared to factory because this vital step of
cylinder honing abrasive removal is either overlooked or done badly.
excess wear = excess oil consumption.