One point that has been brought is "if it's burning that much oil it would be smoking like crazy". There was never a comment on this.
Could someone that has high oil consumption confirm or deny this?
The reason I ask is because I'm looking to buy a 98 Trooper with 90k miles, I inspected it drove it and I see no apparent problem with it, in fact it seems all great, engine is really clean, air filter is too, I couldn't go as far as inspecting the inside of the carburetor but the seller (private) assured me it uses no oil at all. The idle seems pretty steady and I couldn't get any smoke out of it worm or cold.
Also the seller is not the first owner and there is no way for me to know what if anything was ever done to the car, any pointers as to "what to look at/for"?
TIA