I was planning on doing so at the next oil change. I didn't want to run
synthetic for the first few thousand miles. I've been happy with Castrol
Synthblend 20w50 in the old engine, so I was planning on running it again.
-----Original Message-----
From: Danijel Krajisnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:11 AM
To: Lloyd Broussard; Miatapower; Bill Cardell
Subject: RE: New engine using oil
Also, get rid of Castrol, get some Valvoline Full Synthetic.
I had a terrible experience with Castrol, my car now burns 1/8 of
the oil it used to burn with Castrol and stays golden again, with Castrol it
turned black within 100 miles...no joke.
--- On Mon, 7/28/08, Bill Cardell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Bill Cardell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: New engine using oil
To: "Lloyd Broussard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Miatapower"
<[email protected]>
Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 8:36 PM
Did the builder have the baffles out of the vc for cleaning? Easy to not
get a good seal putting them back. They need to be glued in with
silicone.
Bill Cardell
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lloyd Broussard
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 6:15 PM
To: Miatapower
Subject: New engine using oil
Hey guys,
Well I found out that my rebuilt 1.6l engine is using roughly 1/2 quart
of oil in a 600 mile drive. Found out this info when we drove up to the
Gap this past weekend. Oil level was topped off before the trip and down
then next morning. I now have just over 2000 miles on the engine. It
reads 15 inches of vacuum at idle, 22 inches while the car is
decelerating.
What I'm finding is a small puff of white smoke at start up, but no
other smoking while driving. Also during a hard run the car behind me
smelled burnt oil, but didn't see any smoke out the tailpipe.
I have a new pcv valve (the turbo 323 one from FM) in the car. I'm also
using a stock oil filter with 5w30 Castrol oil. There are also no
visible leaks under the car.
I noticed the oil pressure was down to just over 30 on the stock gauge
on the ride home. At that time the oil temp was around 225. But when we
drove through the rain, my oil temp dropped and the pressure came up.
I'm going to do a leakdown test and compression test this weekend. I'm
also going to pull the plugs to see what they look like. Any other quick
checks?
How does one check the seals on the turbo? I heard that if the seals
were bad, then the intercooler pipes would have oil in them. I haven't
had a chance to pull the pipes, on the list for Saturday. The FMII has
about 40K miles on it.
I talked to the engine builder this morning, and he wants me to call him
back with my findings. He was telling me not to worry at this point,
that it may not be serious.
I asked about the rings not being seated and he said that if they
weren't then they would seat themselves in time. Does this sound right?
Thanks for any help, I was feeling deja vue from the '07 oil
smoking/usage problems with my old engine. I was pretty bummed when I
realized I was still having issues. Sorry this was long, but I wanted to
give you all of the info I could think of.
Lloyd
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