Quote Originally Posted by PK View Post
Scott, you are correct. A sticking ring might need a higher load than idle for it to play up. Possibly even more load than just revving the engine while stationary, so it is hard to test that one.
The Sea Foam treatment could work.



Trekky, IIRC there are 3 rings on our pistons.
The top ring seals compression in the cylinders.
The bottom ring controls oil on the cylinder walls.
The middle ring is multipurpose - it does a bit of each.

So, it is possible to have excessive blowby without being an oil burner, and vice-versa.

PK
Trekky?

Anyway...

I was just going by your original post, and not the additional things you've now brought up. If you guys want to have yet another discussion regarding the various trains of thought regarding oil consumption in VX's, have at it.

But as I said, even if there is blowby, it still has to go through the PCV system for oil to get to the intake, which is what we're trying to figure out for p_justin.