RE: Burning oil part 2

[Bradley Peet <btpeet@effervescent.com>]

Smoking when you first start it is valve stem seals, typically.  Most engines 
with worn rings smoke more when the oil heats up and gets thinner.

Make sure your 16V isn't over-filled with oil.  16Vs are known to suck oil 
out of that big breather hose on the front of the block.  In fact, I've seen 
them virtually GULP oil and spew huge clouds of bluish-white smoke when 
overfilled by one quart and at full throttle over 4500 RPM.  Scared the shit 
out of me, actually, because I was driving the car!

By the way, I'm not sure, but the 2.0 liter shortblock might require 
machining the oil/coolant ports a bit on the 1.8 16V head.  Can anyone else 
confirm if this is true or not?

-Bradley
1986 Scirocco 16V 2.0 liter, Quaife, etc., etc.
http://effervescent.com/btp/vw.html


On Friday, September 19, 1997 2:44 PM, Etrik Patricella 
[SMTP:etrik@pure-research.net] wrote:
> Well, to get a better idea of what I am dealing with, I went
> out an pulled the plugs.  Now to my surprise they were clean
> as year old plugs should be :), so this leads me to believe
> that the smoking has just started.  The odo. reads 106k
> but it was broken for awhile, so I am guessing 140 to 150k
> (not too bad actually).  Another thing is when I first
> start it there is no smoke at all, then after it warms up
> the smoke starts.  Would this point to the valve seal?.
>
> Maybe I am going about this the wrong way, maybe its a
> sign to move to bigger and better things (2.0). So
> a few questions about that, how much would a 2.0 16v
> short block run?  although if it is a valve seal
> maybe I should look into a Techtonics head for the 1.8?
> but what would be the sense of not putting new rings in
> while I have the head off?  I am confused, either way
> I think it would end up being a $1000 thing.
>
> Etrik
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