Oil burning too fast

[blk97eclipse]

I have a 97 eclipse rs, over the past few months my oil has been being used up awfuly fast. I'm not sure what the problem is other than there might be a leak except there is no markings on the ground where i park my car. Any thoughts before i send it to a mechanic and ask him for his .02?

Thanks

 

[carbonfire]

Check your compression, you probley have bad rings and are having some blow bye.

 

[blk97eclipse]

how do i check my compression and change the rings if they are bad?

 

[DBR01]

how do i check my compression and change the rings if they are bad?

From the sound of your question, take it to a mechanic.

Changing the piston rings is no beginner job. It requires you to drop the crank out and pull the pistons. I'm not gonna tell you not to do it, if you have confidence and mechanical experience then by all means dig in. But if you do make sure you have a Helms manual.

 

[blk97eclipse]

From the sound of your question, take it to a mechanic.

Changing the piston rings is no beginner job. It requires you to drop the crank out and pull the pistons. I'm not gonna tell you not to do it, if you have confidence and mechanical experience then by all means dig in. But if you do make sure you have a Helms manual.

, thanks i will probably do that now that i can give the mechanic an area that might be causing the problems.

is there a way to check my compression on my own and what should it be at?

 

[DBR01]

, thanks i will probably do that now that i can give the mechanic an area that might be causing the problems.

is there a way to check my compression on my own and what should it be at?

I'm not sure what it "should" be at, but if you search the forums I'm sure it's in here somewhere. Compression testing is way easy. Go to autozone or pepboyz and get a tool called, oddly enough, a Compression tester. Basically, you unscrew your spark plugs and screw in the tester. Then you put a 1/2 inch drive breakerbar or ratchet on the crank pulley and turn the engine. You want to start reading the gauge when the piston is all the way down. Then stop turning the engine when the piston is all the way up. That's your compression. All the pistons should be about the same. You'll know which one, or two are bad right away.

It'll be like

205 205 150 205

I don't know what the readings should actually be but from this example you would know that the #3 piston with the 150 reading would be the bad one.

Hope this helps you out!!

 

[blk97eclipse]

thanks for your help, ill go get one and check it out