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Old 11-08-2007, 10:04 PM
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If you're at 1L/500km, I bet you'd see some oil fouling on the plugs if the oil is finding its way through the combustion chamber. Before buying a new engine, inspect the plugs and do a compression and leakdown test. Even on new fangled engines, some good old diagnostic work is in order...
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