I recently purchased an 82SC, with 105000 miles on the clock. There was a broken head stud in 1998 w/ about 75,000 miles on the clock, at which time the PO replaced all the studs with Divilar studs, put it timeserts, replaced the piston rings, shaft bearings, chain rails, did a vavle job on the heads, replaced oil return tubes, a 24 stud crank case, and some other stuff. I am basically writing down everyhting on the shop invoice. Sum total of all the work, a little over $8000.00.
Now, I took it to the shop yesterday b/c of an oil leak, come to find out it is, as the mech stated, a small leak from the "oil cooler area." The problem, I am averaging about 250 - 350 miles before I need to add a quart of oil. Of course the mech says it could be time for a top end rebuild. But wasn't that just done. Am I missing something? He could do a compression but recommended that I wait until my next major service, which is in March, b/c it is included, plus the car is running well. Sorry if I am not to educated in this area, hope I don't sound too lost.
