Are you running synthetic oil?

My aba has always used a little oil when doing a lot of highway driving.
Seller of that engine said it had 97K kms on it when i bought it. Since
installing it, ive noticed that a little oil ends up in the intake boot, my
theory is that oil is getting out the pcv system into intake. I recently
switched to synthetic. This seems to have reduced oil consumption.

On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

84 5sp w/ABA hybrid inline motor...93 jetta block with crossflow 8 valve
> head and Digifant..no cat exhaust.
>   I've driven this van for some years now, it's always used a little oil...
> about a qt every 3 - 4 tanks of gas..  I've never seen any smoke behind,
> and I've ridden miles, uphill and down, right behind the van as my S.O.
> drove it in support at bike races.   There's a slight leak at the filler
> neck where it enters the oil pan, but I never see any oil specks on the
> tailgate..
>    So no oil on the back, no smoking out the tailpipe either at 5000 rpms
> and full throttle or on extended downhill engine braking.
>    I've done the head once, when I built this motor it got valve guide
> seals Only... the guides were within spec.  Sparkplugs looked right when I
> replaced them.
>    I put any oil in... but I use 15/40 when I change the filter, and I try
> to keep some along when I travel.
>   So where the heck is this oil?  Not a big deal, but it seems like other
> motors I've "worn out" are stinky and smoky or they. put spots on the rear
> as they puke out oil... guesses? thanks
>

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