DO YOU think your car may be
using too much oil?

One sign an engine is burning oil
is blue smoke coming from the ex-
haust pipe.

There can be several reasons for
this condition, says Car Care
Council, the most common being
worn valve guide seals.

Here’s why: The valves in a typ-
ical engine may open and close as
often as 100,000 times per hour at
highway speeds.

The stem of the valve, sliding up
and down in a guide, is fitted with
a special seal designed to permit
only a limited amount of oil to
pass. Some oil is necessary for
lubrication, but too much creates
oil-burning problems. |

Eventually these seals will wear,
harden or otherwise fail. That’s
when oi! burning begins. .

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First, this price tripling had
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Many of the conditions which
cause an engine to burn oil
prematurely are caused by vehicle
negiect,

BURNING OIL

One example of this is worn
piston rings, which can wear out
prematurely because of failure to
change oil and filter regularly.

Once the rings become excessive-
ly worn, an expensive ring job is
the only remedy.

With proper maintenance, how-
ever, an engine normally should go
well beyond the 160,000 kilometre
mark without needing new piston
rings.

It is essential to check the engine
regularly. If oil is over-full or
smells like gasoline, it could mean
it is becoming diluted with
gasoline.

Thus, the oil becomes thin
enough to work its way into the

adds vaiue

Painting & Bodyworks, owner
Bernie Loughran has worked on
more than 3,000 vehicles — from
minor painting or repair work {o
major collision work — in a 2%-
year period.

“Consumers’ who take advan-
tage of painting and collision
repair services will realize a greater
aesthetic as well as monetary value

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combustion chamber, eventually to
burn and end up in the atmosphere
as smoke.

If you have to pump the accel-
erator to keep the engine from
stalling, you may be pumping raw
gasoline into the crank case. This
situation can be avoided by keep-
ing the engine in tune.

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gravate a situation such as this
because they permit raw, unburned
gasoline to wash into the crank
case. :

Not only does this create a hard
starting it also accelerates wear due
to diluted engine oil.

Another factor in oil burning is
a malfunctioning positive crank
case ventilation (PVC) valve,
which is intended to route oil
vapors through the combustion
chamber rather than permitting

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them to escape into the
mosphere.

If the PVC system is not in pro-
per working order, it can be the
cause of oil burning.

Remember: Excessive oil burn-
ing is a condition that gradually
worsens and can affect other
aspects of the engine.

Like so many other car troubles,
says Car Care Council, early
detection and correction are éssen-
Hal.

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