As some of you may know my car blew up and im in the process of a rebuild well, the oil rings on every one of the pistons was stuck on the piston. I was losing oil due to excessive blow by because of that. So if any of you guys are losing alot of oil that may be the cause. And no my car didnt blow blue smoke. But on a lighter not these engine look as though there built very well and even after 80,000 miles on the odometer I could still see the honing markings on the cylinder walls and it looks as though the engine is like new! Oh and by the waqy I spun a rod bearing thats what eventually took the engine out of commission.