Re: Oil consumption Queston

[Bob Hadden <kbhadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Further advise on this is to stay away from synthetic oil until the 
consumption declines.  This is typically 10k mies or more.  President 
Minor is correct:  Run the motor!

Bob Hadden '98RS, '62R27

On Aug 31, 2004, at 8:18 PM, Minor, Bob wrote:

> You've probably not seated the rings fully.  If you've got 1000 miles 
> on it, it's time to explore that upper RPM range.  I've read of 
> numerous oilheads over the years that had as many as 10,000 miles and 
> still had high oil consumption.  Running the piss out of them 
> invariably corrects the problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Alan Schlageter
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:36 PM
> To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Oil consumption Queston
>
>
> I have just bought my first oilhead -- 2004 R1150RT. I
> traded up from a /5 and /6.
>
> My question is:
>
> Since my 600 mile service and oil change, I've added a
> little more than 1.5 quarts of oil. This seems
> excessive to me. Is it normal?
>
> Al
>
>
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