disappearing oil

[truwarrior]

Two weeks ago I check my oil and it was at the bottom of the oil dipstick, so I added a little less then 1/4 quart which brought it up to about the middle of the dip stick.

Today I check my oil and it's low again at the bottom marker. So I put about a 1/4 quart in it again.

Now it's been really cold out lately so would that have anything to do with it? Last time I checked my compression this fall the 3rd cylinder was off from the rest by 5 psi.

Car has 50K miles.

Any ideas? I don't see any leaks on the ground. Turbo seems to be spoolin fine but I haven't had the chance to check it out for leaks. Last time I was under the car it looks good though.

 

[Patryk]

crankwalk

 

[truwarrior]

Not exactly what I wanted to hear I don't seem to have any other signs of crankwalk.

 

[Patryk]

is it a 2g

 

[truwarrior]

yeah

 

[Patryk]

NA or turbo?

Edit: NM u said something about turbo uptop so i guess its turbo

 

[truwarrior]

So how do u figure crankwalk?

 

[Patryk]

idk my brothers old 95 talon esi crankwalked and it burned alot of oil.

 

[asian312]

Not necessarily crank walk. Pull off your intake pipe and IC line and check for oil residue. On my car I had access oil coming from the valve cover. All u have to do is get a cheap filter for it from Pepboys, Napa, etc. Also look closely at your turbo and oil housings for leaks. Do u have any signs of crankwalk?

 

[truwarrior]

I don't see how losing oil has anything to do to with crankwalk...

Maybe a seal on my turbo is goin bad? I havn't had a chance to take the IC off to clean it and check for oil, it's been to dang cold.

I wanna say when it gets below the first tick mark it stops leaking because I drove 2K miles with out checking the oil and that's when I noticed it was a little low. Oil pressure looks fine on the stock gauges.

 

[yhype]

its called toasted valve stem seals...your burning oil. welcome to my world it sucks

 

[truwarrior]

How does that happen? I have a 99 with 50K miles running stock boost.

 

[truwarrior]

Wouldn't my compression be lower too if my seals are bad?

 

[truwarrior]

smells a little rich but doesn't smell like I'm burning oil

 

[truwarrior]

since it's so dang cold (10 F) think I'm burning oil until the engine heats up and expands?