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From: daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 3.8l V6 GM Engine Using Oil
Message-ID: <659@rduxb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 21:21:15 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 21:21:15 1985
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Reading, PA
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> I have a 1979 Buick Century Wagon witha 3.8l V 6 engine.
> It is burning oil at the rate of 1 quart per 400 to 600
> miles. ... 

	Bad valve seals usually give a telltale puff of blue
smoke upon starting the engine after it sits idle for a while,
say all morning until you leave at lunch. To use that much oil
via bad seals you'd really make some blue clouds each start-up!
	If you aren't seeing big clouds upon start-up and also 
aren't leaking all over the ground, it's probably consumption 
due to bad rings.
	With any case of oil burning, weigh the costs of oil
against the costs of machanical work.


					Doug Williams
					AT&T Bell Labs
					Reading, PA
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