Oil buring

[Anonymous]

At the moment I am having to fill up the oil every two weeks as i think it is all buring away. The exhaust is coated in a black substance, when i think it should be grey? It is not leaking anywhere so does anyone have any ideas or checks that i should be doingto see what is wrong?

[Anonymous]

u might have 2 chang the valv stem oil seal or head gasket

[Anonymous]

What car is it, how many miles, sure its not leaking underneath.

[Anonymous]

I got the same problem no oil what so ever leaking, but filling it up every week, aint affecting performance, plugs are black and sooty though and when the engine is running it spits oil out the exhaust, head gasket is fine, how much to do the oil valve stem seals, god i hope it aint piston rings, my engine is a 1.4SR and has done 65'000

[Anonymous]

get a m8 to follow you -watch out for signs of blue smoke. most prob. the stem seals as said although may also be likely losing it up the bores as well

[Anonymous]

There is blue smoke on start up but none when driving

[Anonymous]

rev ur engine at 3k and hold it there for 20 secs, then boot it upto 6k for a sec, see how much+wot colourthe smoke is

[Anonymous]

I wioll give that a try mate but i am pretty sure there is not smoke it is just white, the black liquid spitting out my exhaust gets me worried if you stood behine my car and i reved the engine you would get covered in it

[Anonymous]

could be moisture and soot mixing?

touch the stuff and see if its oily

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[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

If thers blue smoke at start up it will probebly be valve stem oil seals.

if it is ring u will be durnig alot of oil.

that black liquid is woter dont weary it's sopost 2 hapen if u start you car in the morning & live it 4 a cupel of minits get a friend 2 rev the car and stand behined it there shoul be black liqued.

(if u dont belive me look at a brand new car and u should see woter pising out the back)

[Anonymous]

Is changing the valve stem seals a major job i dont fancy it how much would a garage charge, and should i get it ported and polished at the same time

[Anonymous]

I had to change the head gasket a few weeks ago, changed the gasket, oil seals, ported and polished the head, did it in less than two days, get a work shop manual from halfords, its not that hard, just takes time, plus it needs a new gasket set, not too much$$.

[Anonymous]

I take it you have to get a specialist to port and polish the head, do you get any kind of performance gains from is how much am i looking at

[Anonymous]

you can get or borrow the equipment from a garage or shop, and do it yourself buy a work shop manual, what it does is it makes your car more responsive, buy allowing fuel and air to flow easier.