VANAGON archives -- March 2008, week 3 (#282)

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:22:09 -0400 Reply-To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU> Subject: oil usage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

I posted earlier that on a recent 2000+ mile trip, my engine used roughly 2 quarts of oil. I checked it every fuel stop, and added maybe half a quart every other stop to keep it between the add and the full marks.

Most of this trip was interstate driving running at or near 4000 RPM. I can see that running at that RPM might cause a bit of extra oil usage but this seems pretty excessive based on other engines I'm used to.

I never noticed any smoke in the exhaust.

Comments? I'm going pull the plugs to see how they look, and check compression as soon as I get a chance. Probably this weekend.

Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL

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