Hey everone,
So this car has been burning oil ever since I bought it.. it doesn't seem to do it during normal driving conditions, but it does burn oil in the following conditions:
1) in the morning after a night or two of sitting there is a small puff out the exhaust 2) if sitting at idle for a period of about 15-20 minutes, there slowly is some smoky exhaust from the back.I've been told that the problem is probably with the valve stem seals, as they were bad on 91-94 tercels.. I know it could also be the oil rings (but I'm told it's less likely on this car).
It's got 160k kilometers on it (100,000 miles), but has been doing this since about 120k (when I got it)..
Is there any way to determine what the exact cause is? If it's the valve stem seals, I'll change them myself.. If its the rings, I'm just gonna get rid of it.
Thanks, Duane