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20v 4age Burning Oil

Postby DXROLLA » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:03 pm

I noticed today that there is a bit of blue smoke coming out of the exhaust, i was told that when i bought the car it had just had a compresion check and all was ok, so going by that im guesing it could be the valve stem seals. Is there anyway of checking that it is these to maybe confirm it is these. I will be doing a compresion test myself soon just dont have the gauge at the moment to do it.

Also when i toped it up with oil i may have put a bit much in, would this cause it to burn the oil until it is at the correct level?
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Postby andyztouring » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:11 pm

20 valvers usually always burn oil.Wear and tear,age and mileage cause them to use oil,more than likely to be tired oil control rings,compression test wont pick up worn oil control rings.
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Postby B1NZ » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:15 pm

Mine was burning oil like a motherFer, Compression test turned up nothing out of the ordinary, Turned out to be the oil control rings had basically collapsed and oil passing them at will.
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Re: 20v 4age Burning Oil

Postby Loudtoy » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:09 pm

DXROLLA wrote:Also when i toped it up with oil i may have put a bit much in, would this cause it to burn the oil until it is at the correct level?


Depends on how much you put in there over full.
Silvertops/blacktops are renowned for burning oil, they are pretty much like the self mixing two strokes only they save the hassle of having to fill a seperate bottle with two stroke oil by using the oil from the sump and getting it into the combustion chamber through, valve stem seals, rings and the little breathers that run into your intake :)
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Postby jakesae101 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:18 pm

my silvertop didnt burn oil but it did leak it alot
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Postby DXROLLA » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:26 pm

It seems ok when i start it up it doesnt smoke or when i give it a couple of revs mainly just under load that i noticed, i gues i will just have to save up for a rebuild.
Are there any tips and tricks in the rebuild to stop them from burning oil or is it just a design thing?
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Postby slighty_looney » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:44 pm

i had a 20v silvertop and it used to use 200ml of oil a week, never managed to blow it up LOL
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Postby t0ms » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:45 pm

DXROLLA wrote:Are there any tips and tricks in the rebuild to stop them from burning oil or is it just a design thing?


don't do 200 000 k's on it :lol: not much you can do about it its just a mileage thing but with a freshen up should be just like new :D
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Postby DXROLLA » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:50 pm

yeah the engine now has just ticked up 225000kms so i gues its not doing to bad lol
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