oil use

[mauer]

I got the motor in but about every 20 miles i have to add a quart of oil to it.

it looks like it is coming out the exhaust pipes, which are brand new also.

any ideas why its leaking the oil out and why so fast?

Thanks!

[prankstar]

what work was done to the engine?

[Erik_The_Red]

You probably have a scored cylinder wall, crack in the engine or rings that are toast. You will have to do a compression check and pull the heads to really find out what is wrong here.

[Doug000]

Originally Posted by mauer

I got the motor in but about every 20 miles i have to add a quart of oil to it.

it looks like it is coming out the exhaust pipes, which are brand new also.

any ideas why its leaking the oil out and why so fast?

Thanks!

I have a very similar problem. I just installed a reman. 350 engine into my pickup. All 8 cylinders have a compression between 120 and 125 (so that is good). The electrode ends of the spark plugs in cylinders #2, 4, 6, & 8 are all coated in liqiud oil (like they are dipped in oil); the the other four spark plugs look like the should. There is oil coming out of my tail pipe with a large content of fine metal bits in it (the oil is more silver than brown). I have about 20 minutes of run time on this engine, but I have used a case of oil already. Additionally, large clouds of mostly white smoke (very rarely blue) is coming out of the tail pipe when the engine is started and the amount of smoke is related to engine rpm's.

Any body have any ideas what is causing this??????

Doug