car burnin heaps of engine oil

[pheebz]

i have to top up my oil every week cos its burnin up heaps of oil resultin in my car blowin heaps of smoke out of the exhaust, is it just me or is this common in T2's
ps. using 20w50 oil
any help would b sweet cheers!

[James]

Rings are probably toasted, do a compression test, if its low squirt a bit of oil in the cylinder and do again, if it goes up higher then its rings.

[Henry]

They seem to have a common problem of gumming up the oil rings while the compression rings still seal, compresion test may not tell you the full story but is a good place to start

[James]

AH yeah, so the oil rings gunges in a bit and lets too much oil past?

[Henry]

When I pulled my pistons out the compression rings expanded but the oil ring stayed about piston size, I think Boostboy had a similar thing with his.

[city_cabriolet]

could also be the turbo seal.

btw, that oil is too thick for honda's, but too late now.

[BOOSTBOY]

When I pulled my pistons out the compression rings expanded but the oil ring stayed about piston size, I think Boostboy had a similar thing with his.

Sure did. I bet it still goes ok right? That's because its still got compression. The only time i lost compression was when i droped a nut into the inlet manifold.