My finding is in line with yours Brandon. I have learned to adjust my thinking since, there appears to be little that can be done, less than a possible major over haul and piston ring mod, and that isn't even a guarantee. Or to do what Dave does and carry a squeeze bottle tubed down to the fill cap.
It may be a problem with the line between the air box and engine allowing the oil that is churned up at high engine speeds into a mist to be carried over, like you said. One possible mod may be to shove some steel wool or plastic fiber into the tubing, or at the outlet into the airbox, so that the oil fumes can coalesce on it and run back into the engine. For now, I look at the oil consumption differently. I say to myself as I am adding a half quart of oil. This is good; I tell myself being able add fresh clean new oil with the old oil only improves the lubrication and extends the engine life.....:>) How's that for looking at the glass as half full, instead of half empty. It is a pain in the ass but not the end of the world. Every second or third fuel stop I top off the oil. It only takes a minute to add the oil when gassing up. The biggest pain remembering to do it and finding a place to carry a quart of oil that doesn't end up making a mess. I found a quick pour /shut off cap for the quart oil bottle at Wally World that makes filling quick and easy. hawke On 7/1/02 3:15 PM, "Brandon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spee-dee-D wrote: > >> I recently was the Rallymaster for a Saddle Sore event (1000 miles in 24 >> hours) for our BMW club. > > Good stories all. Always fascinating. > > Oil comsumption. Hum. I wish we had access to the engineers approach on > this. I mean, > the original motor, I believe, didn't have consumption issues. When the > GTS motor was > 'tweaked' for more 'real-world' power, they must have changed something. > What, and how, > of course, is the question. Mine only uses oil at high-speed/rpm. If I > keep it under, say 3500 to 4000 rpm, it seems fine. Over that is when > the comsumption begins, so it must be > rpm related. Or so it would seem. Perhaps it's 'flinging' oil around the > case and it's getting sucked up into the PCV valve. Or the valves are > floating and allowing the oil to > be sucked in the engine. However, I do notice, even it is using oil, I > find NO traces of > it in the exhaust pipe or any undue burning or heat in the cataylitic > converter. So appearently, it is at least, not causing any damage or bad > side effects, at least as far > as I can tell. > > Anyone else? Different experiences with side effects? Smoking, oily film > on pipes, fouled > plugs? Neighbor kid putting garden hose in oil filler opening? > > Brandon >
