If you're still burning a quart of oil every tank, then you either need: A head rebuild The block reringed
The fact that the car passed emmissions doesn't mean lot. My 16v burns no oil and runs so cleanly it hardly registered on the emmissions test. I have all the hoses hooked up the way they came from the factory. -josh --- Jeremy Olsen <[email protected]> wrote: > hey all, > i have had some interesting experiances latly and > want to see if any one else can explain them. > > it started before i got the car, it burns a > liter/quart of oil per tank of gas. it was very > visable from the tailpipe, i thought the rings were > gone. > after 3 yrs it was time for an e-test, so i talked > to a local tuner about replacing the block, he > suggested that i disconect the crank > breather/recirulater hose from between the air box > and the block and replace it with a filter > after this, just as he said, no smoke from the > tailpipe, still uses same amount of oil, just no > smoke and passed the test > he said it is a 16v design problem, even after > spending over $5000 on his 2035cc 179whp engine it > still had this problem, > > so what gives? how could vw let this happen with the > emission requirments? > this has confused me greatly > > jeremy > 89 jetta trophy 16v > > __________________________________________________________________ > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. > Upgrade now! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account > today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
