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bing · 12-12-2001, 02:35 PM

i did an oil change to my car the other day and there wasn't much oil left in her

last time there was way way more left.

plus i think i can smell it every now and again, but im not sure it doesnt happen often...

what can i do?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>???

bing · 12-12-2001, 04:30 PM

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chickenmanq · 12-12-2001, 04:34 PM

Switch to a higher viscosity oil.  If you're running 10-40, let's say, take 2 qts of 10-40, and 2 of 20-50.  Only mix same oil type and manufacturer.  Don't mix different brands or regular and synthetic.  Anyway, with the above mix, you'll have a 15-45 oil, which will be thicker, and won't pass through the rings as easily.  

The way viscosity is figured out is by adding tiny balls of rubber until you get the desired resistance, or grade.  We're talking really tiny balls, that's why you can't see it when you hold up a glass of oil.  So that's why it's okay to mix oils as long as they're the same manufacturer and type.

*ca18guy* · 12-12-2001, 04:34 PM

I'm going to bed <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>  If no one answers by tomarrow, i'll give you my suggestions on what it could be. Don't want ya to feel like no one's listening <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

bing · 12-12-2001, 04:38 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from ca18guy on 4:34 pm on Dec. 12, 2001
I'm going to bed <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> If no one answers by tomarrow, i'll give you my suggestions on what it could be. Don't want ya to feel like no one's listening <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

okay... well thanx for going to bed

jk

chickenmanq · 12-12-2001, 05:04 PM

Hey, didja see what I posted?  Or were you thinking of doing a ring and valve job?

bing · 12-12-2001, 05:13 PM

yeah i saw, thanx...

i'll probably change my oil a little sooner next time and try that...

what is a ring and vavle job, or am i neglecting the obvious???

12-12-2001, 08:24 PM

tiny lil ballz <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> HAHA!!!

bing · 12-12-2001, 08:51 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from nismos14 on 8:24 pm on Dec. 12, 2001
tiny lil ballz <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> HAHA!!!</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

sound familiar??? lol...jk...not

chickenmanq · 12-12-2001, 10:20 PM

Rings and valves are where your engine is going to pass oil into the combustion chamber.  Piston rings are little metal dealys that go around the piston and keep oil from blowing by and entering the combustion chamber.

Valves of course are your intake and exhaust valves which are surrounded by a bath of oil, and if their seals leak, then oil gets dribbled into your combustion chamber from the top.

To do a valve and ring job would require a tear down, but would stop the leak.  If you did it yourself, it's cheap.  Just cost you time.  I don't know how much a shop would charge.  Probably close to 1500 or so.  Maybe more.

bing · 12-12-2001, 10:43 PM

shit $1500...

lately i been thinkin about selling my 240 in the spring with my stereo and some minor mods i got planned, get a few G's and with the rest of my loot i'd pick up a 92+ black tsi and slammit out...

my buddies got 99' eclipse gst rims i would put on her,

maybe just a dream

12-12-2001, 02:35 PM	#1
bing Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2,699 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	i did an oil change to my car the other day and there wasn't much oil left in her last time there was way way more left. plus i think i can smell it every now and again, but im not sure it doesnt happen often... what can i do?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>???

12-12-2001, 04:30 PM	#2
bing Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2,699 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?

12-12-2001, 04:34 PM	#3
chickenmanq Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,000 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Switch to a higher viscosity oil.  If you're running 10-40, let's say, take 2 qts of 10-40, and 2 of 20-50.  Only mix same oil type and manufacturer.  Don't mix different brands or regular and synthetic.  Anyway, with the above mix, you'll have a 15-45 oil, which will be thicker, and won't pass through the rings as easily.   The way viscosity is figured out is by adding tiny balls of rubber until you get the desired resistance, or grade.  We're talking really tiny balls, that's why you can't see it when you hold up a glass of oil.  So that's why it's okay to mix oils as long as they're the same manufacturer and type.

12-12-2001, 04:34 PM	#4
ca18guy Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Clearwater FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,226 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ca18guy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm going to bed <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>  If no one answers by tomarrow, i'll give you my suggestions on what it could be. Don't want ya to feel like no one's listening <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

12-12-2001, 04:38 PM	#5
bing Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2,699 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from ca18guy on 4:34 pm on Dec. 12, 2001 I'm going to bed <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> If no one answers by tomarrow, i'll give you my suggestions on what it could be. Don't want ya to feel like no one's listening <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> okay... well thanx for going to bed jk

12-12-2001, 05:04 PM	#6
chickenmanq Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,000 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hey, didja see what I posted?  Or were you thinking of doing a ring and valve job?

12-12-2001, 05:13 PM	#7
bing Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2,699 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	yeah i saw, thanx... i'll probably change my oil a little sooner next time and try that... what is a ring and vavle job, or am i neglecting the obvious???

12-12-2001, 08:24 PM	#8
Guest Posts: n/a	tiny lil ballz <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> HAHA!!!

12-12-2001, 08:51 PM	#9
bing Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2,699 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from nismos14 on 8:24 pm on Dec. 12, 2001 tiny lil ballz <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> HAHA!!!</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> sound familiar??? lol...jk...not

12-12-2001, 10:20 PM	#10
chickenmanq Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,000 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Rings and valves are where your engine is going to pass oil into the combustion chamber.  Piston rings are little metal dealys that go around the piston and keep oil from blowing by and entering the combustion chamber. Valves of course are your intake and exhaust valves which are surrounded by a bath of oil, and if their seals leak, then oil gets dribbled into your combustion chamber from the top. To do a valve and ring job would require a tear down, but would stop the leak.  If you did it yourself, it's cheap.  Just cost you time.  I don't know how much a shop would charge.  Probably close to 1500 or so.  Maybe more.

12-12-2001, 10:43 PM	#11
bing Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2,699 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	shit $1500... lately i been thinkin about selling my 240 in the spring with my stereo and some minor mods i got planned, get a few G's and with the rest of my loot i'd pick up a 92+ black tsi and slammit out... my buddies got 99' eclipse gst rims i would put on her, maybe just a dream