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Subject:Re: oil consumption
From:John Brush
Date:Wed, 29 May 2002 15:18:46 -0400

>I'm not sure about Waser Boxers but Air Cooled are supposed to use some
>oil.

Well then, mine is working right! I use/waste/blowby/whatever, about a
quart every four or five hundred miles, freeway driving.

>you're down to the final days before you change your oil you might try
>lighting your dipstick on fire, as stupid as this may sound it works to
>discover fuel blow by if the problem is severe.

Should I do that with the dipstick still in the motor :-)

I am going to Jackson Hole/Yellowstone this weekend, and expect to use 4
quarts  in the 1200 mile trip. Happens every time.

Is there a way to discover if it is the pushrod tubes, or something worse?

John