Got some oil burning on my 2001, Nissan Primera P11-144, 1.8 QG18De engined car.
It's done 85k miles, nearly 60k without changing the power steering fluid o r the iridium spark plugs. Still look mint the plugs too. Well. No worse th an plugs that have done 10k!
Getting some dark grey/possibly blue smoke at startup and initial accelerat ion.
Losing oil rapidly.
No oil on the spark plugs, compression across all cylinders is 150 to 160 p si - could maybe be higher, but OK.
Looking for thoughts what it could be - Im guessing possibly exhaust valve seals? But PCV or Breather hoses might be a problem? If it's seals, I under stand it could be head off and up to £600 for someone who knows what they 're doing.
Any other thoughts? Im disinclined to believe PCV unless someone can explai n how I might actually be burning oil without it showing on the plugs? Woul d be the cheaper option. Unless anyone can recommend someone to take a look at the valve seals for a much much cheaper cost than £600....
Thanks SImon