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Originally Posted by kerry
There is at least one other way oil can get into the combustion chamber--thru the PCV hose. Not saying that this is what happened, just that it is possible. I had an Austin Healey Sprite that was consuming gallons of oil that way.
My bet would be on the turbo.
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how does the PVC hose suck oil? I thought it just sucked crankcase vapors. There is some oily smoke it's sucking but unless the PVC valve is in direct contact with a pool of oil I don't see how it would suck 3 quarts in just 100 miles.
I need to get back to my oil burner too...I had a sudden oil burn that went from zero to two quarts-per-miles in the span of about 10-15 miles. I pulled in for fuel and noticed a pretty bad smoking tail pipe. Left out and got the low oil light in about 2 miles. topped off and got 5-10 miles before low oil light again. topped off and not even a mile and low oil again.
my guess/hope is a blown turbo and not internal engine failure.
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1987 300TDT
1981 VW MKI Caddy 1.6 diesel, waiting on engine swap
1983 D-50 Power Ram 4x4 "Mitsubishi" 2.3 turbo diesel
assorted gas powered crap and motorcycles
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