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Originally Posted by Deschodt
At the end of the day, regardless of the reason why (valves, layout, tolerance), your choice is a $6000 top end rebuild with a 50/50 chance of success (by that I mean some rebuilt engines still eat more oil than others) or adding $3 of oil every now and them ! ;-) Tough choice.... I think I'd still pick adding oil if it were 1qt every 300 miles ;-) as long as performance is there anyway...
Interesting topic as to the cause though....
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I agree - if it pulls strong and doesn't smoke why worry about oil consumption (especially if a rebuild might not improve things that much)
Having said that, I still find it hard to be sanguine about 1 quart every 6-700 miles (even though mine never smokes).