Don't go all freekizoid on us. Look for a bad injector before you go building a $3000.00 engine. Run a compression check on your engine ............... that will be the telling story of your requirements. Stan Wilder On Sun, 11 May 2003 11:41:46 -0700 sanford schulwolf <sanfordachulwolf@YAHOO.COM> writes: > Last December I decided to treat my oil and gas with > MMO. Months later I start smelling gas in the oil > about 500 miles after an oil change. I ve changed the > oil and filter two times, just to see if it would > help. Unfortunately it didn t, now I m looking for a > good place to start, but I fear the rings aren t > sealing - this sounds like a big job, is it? > More info on my 91 syncro. It has 64K original miles; > original engine (bought it from the original owner 3 > years ago who never drove it) has the Berg 1:4 rocker > arms, Australian chip and 16" wheels. I ve been > getting poor mileage (I wonder why w/all that stuff) > at about 15 highway and 8- 11 mpg in San Francisco. > Any help would be great, not much in the archive. > > Thanks > Sanford > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! |
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