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Howdy,

My 86 Carrera has approximately 87k miles. I took it to a reputable shop for an oil change and valve adjustment about a month ago.

They gave the car back to me with a full tank of oil. I've now driven 1,000 miles and had to add about 2.5 quarts to get it back to near full.

Now my car leaks oil onto the left heat exchanger, as well as onto the right rear hard oil line that comes from the back of the block to the oil thermostat on the passenger side. I changed the flexible line but it doesn't appear to have fixed the leak so now I think it's coming from somewhere higher up.

Now the kicker, since i got the car i haven't had a single drop of oil on my driveway, never. Is it possible that I am leaking that much oil while driving, or is the more likely scenario I am burning tons of oil and looking at a top end job soon?

When the PPI was done, the compression and leakdown numbers all came back solid. Additionally, the mechanic wiggled the valve guides and said there was minimal play. In other words, he thought they were in good shape.

The only potentially related issue to needing a top end i have noticed is the car blows white smoke on startup. About 20-30 seconds after startup, and for a good minute or two after that it puffs a decent amount of white, stinky exhaust smoke. It usually isn't too bad but somedays is worse than others. I'd been letting the car idle for 1-2 minutes once reaching my destination as I've read this helps (and it seems to be helping).