On 8/21/07, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's why you need to be a chicken liver like me and shy away from
tasks such as thermostat RRs.
Perhaps there is virtue in my fear. Or is it that caution is the
better part of valor. Heck, now I'm just making stuff up.
You're not alone,
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Now quit that! Gump will be coming out of the shop this week. I
swear I
Just to ad another bit of info: I happened to back my car into a
little spot to take the dogs to the beach last evening. As I did so, I
got the same smoke and burning oil smell.
This is really the only time the care smokes noticeably and definitely
the only time it smells this way (to my
the cost down as educational expense.
Randy
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Now quit that! Gump
It seems than at Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:52:25 -0500, Peter wrote:
Time for valve guide seals -- at a steep rearward angle, oil covers the
valve stems on the back cylinder (or two) and if you have worn valve
guide seals (or more likely, worn guides) oil will get sucked down and
burn. Make
The joker in me says your car is always burning oil thats what OM616 means.
Is the car actually burning oil, like is the oil level going down? I for one
wouldn't worry about it until you're going through oil like the Exxon Valdez...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:21:39 -0700
From: Zoltan
Zoltan Finks wrote:
Had a thought this evening as I backed out my driveway in the 240D.
It's a fairly steep but short driveway.
I notice that there is an unpleasant amount of smoke when I do this. I
thought maybe it's just that I notice it since I'm backing into the
exhaust. But tonight I
How much oil useage can worn valve guides cause?
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:20:14 -0500, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Zoltan Finks wrote:
Had a thought this evening as I backed out my driveway in the 240D.
It's a fairly steep but short driveway.
I notice that there is an unpleasant
That depends how bad they are, I have heard stories of cars using liters
of oil per 100ks, however from personal experience it is nothing
unmanageable. I had a Missingbitzi 4 cylinder petrol car that had leaky
valve stem seals in all the time I owned it and from memory I put about
1 litre for
Luther wrote:
How much oil useage can worn valve guides cause?
As much oil as you've got when it gets bad enough!
Marshall
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Bad enough is being able to wiggle 3 of the stems back and forth by hand?
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:50:47 -0500, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Luther wrote:
How much oil useage can worn valve guides cause?
As much oil as you've got when it gets bad enough!
Marshall
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need them around 150-180k miles.
Trampas
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Luther wrote:
How much
This could also be a failing diaphram in the vacuum pump. Ask me how I
know.
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You need valve seals or guides AND seals.
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That reminds me, I just resealed my 117 motor in the 560SEL, but
forgot to
replace valve guide seals. I guess I will need to do that next year.
The
117s need them around 150-180k miles.
At least it's fairly easy to do those in place, no need to
remove the heads.
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How do you know?
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Zach wrote:
This could also be a failing diaphram in the vacuum pump. Ask me how I
know.
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If the oil sloshes forward while the car is tilte4d forward it can
briefly pool behind the vacuum pump diaphram, if there is a crack in
the rubber it can get sucked through and be pumped into the intake with
a resulting cloud of smoke... In my case it was while going down a
steep hill and then
It's not using much oil at all. I have a leak at the oil filter lines
that attach to the block. And with this, the level goes down maybe a
pint every, well, so often. I don't put many miles on the thing - I
try not to drive very much. Am fortunate enough to be able to bicycle
much more than I
it the one time when I
put a real load on it.
Randy
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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:46 PM
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It's not using much
put a real load on it.
Randy
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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:46 PM
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It's not using much oil at all
it the one time when
I put a real load on it.
Randy
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It's
things that
are not broken!
Randy
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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage
Very good insight
That's why you need to be a chicken liver like me and shy away from
tasks such as thermostat RRs.
Perhaps there is virtue in my fear. Or is it that caution is the
better part of valor. Heck, now I'm just making stuff up.
Brian
On 8/21/07, Redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now quit that! Gump
Time for valve guide seals -- at a steep rearward angle, oil covers the
valve stems on the back cylinder (or two) and if you have worn valve
guide seals (or more likely, worn guides) oil will get sucked down and
burn. Make sure the drain hole in the back of the head is clear.
If you are
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