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Old 11-22-2009, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
If it broke an oil ring the compression might be fine.
Good point. I posted about a friends 240D that has great compression but goes through a qt of oil every 200 miles, its not leaking and all the usual things were checked, except tearing down the engine to look for a broken oil ring.
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