Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcb.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcb!guzman From: guzman@ttidcb.UUCP (Marc Guzman) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Oil burning and piston rings Message-ID: <518@ttidcb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 19:13:31 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcb.518 Posted: Fri Nov 1 19:13:31 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 14:28:25 EST References: <314@g.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA> <187@cdstar.UUCP> <289@watmum.UUCP> Reply-To: guzman@ttidcb.UUCP (Marc Guzman) Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica Lines: 34 Summary: Burns oil, smokes on shift, how to fix ? < who is for dinner > My `79 Plymouth (Mitsubishi) Champ, with ~92k miles, emits a puff of grey smoke when I shift. Oil consumption has gone up also. This obvious pollution bothers me. My question is, what is the most cost effective solution that will last around ~25k miles. Some possible solutions : 1) Poor some kind of gunk into the oil that 'fills and seals scratches'. I imagine this just postpones the problem for a short time. 2) Replace the rings. Is this job too tough to do myself? Should other things be replaced at the same time? Are they a hassel to replace. Can this sort of stuff be done with the engine still in the car. The Champ is fwd, with a transverse engine. 3) Replace the engine with a used, rebuilt, new engine? 4) Replace the car. Seems to me, that solution 2 or 3 is probably the way to go. Any comments. Thank you in advance. p.s. I realize the unburned hydrocarbons from the oil, may have fried the converter, but that's a different problem. p.p.s. While searching for a new car to replace my wife's `75 Honda, I found that the Champ is very reliable, economical, coffin. In both the NHTS(?) crash tests, and the Highway Insurance Loss Data, the Champ and it's identical twin, Dodge Colt, have very poor scores. This means deadly in a crash.