Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
with that much oil usage, you either have a bad bad leak, broken rings,
cracked pistons, scored cylinder walls
Other than OM603.97 engines with bent rods and elliptical cylinder
bores, the only time I've seen qt/200-250 miles was when I had a blown
head gasket between the pressure oil port (to the cam) and the #1
cylinder in an OM601.921 engine. It was pumping oil right into the #1
cylinder under pressure and the piston was modulating oil pressure. The
oil gauge wiggled with each stroke of the piston.
The black clouds you are burping ARE carbon and cleaning them out will
reduce the oil consumption, but not enough to count. You'll be lucky if
stuck rigs are causing even a qt in 1500-2000 mile loss so your
consumption might diminish from a qt in 250 to a qt in 300-400. You have
some kind of MAJOR leak or consumption problem like Kaleb says.
I have NEVER examined a car where the turbo oil seals had failed.
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi
