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Subject:78 Oil Burning?
Date:Mon, 25 Mar 96 18:28 PST

My 77 Westy, with a 78 engine in it, seems to be burning oil. At least
that's what I suspect. On start up quite a bit of white smoke comes out,
until the engines warm. I just fixed an oil leak from the valve cover so
I'm going to see how much the oil is going down now. Compression is 120
across the board...What should I be look for? What are the possibilities
and repairs involved?

I'd like to take care of this soon, as I'll be taking a cross country trip
this summer and don't want to add a quart every 100miles. One more silly
question, what is the general concensus of oil to use, I live in SAn
Francisco where the weather is usually between60-70degrees.  Thanks alot!

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