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What can I learn from a leakdown test? 200 1982

posted by  Bob Wennerstrom on  Wed Apr 2 15:25 CST 2003
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Well.. The turbowagon is still burning a quart of oil every 400-500 miles. At least I know it's not the turbo seals because I rebuilt the turbo. I'm wondering if I can pull the head and refresh it and make the problem go away. Car has 235K on it. Will a leakdown test tell me if the oil is migrating past the rings? If it's not, would I be reasonably safe in assuming the oil is leaking past the valve guides or seals? I've got no blue smoke that I can ever see either accelerating or decellerating.

As always, thanks for any responses,
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Bob W.
'91 744T 173K
'82 245Ti 238K
'81 245 GLT, non-turbo 275K
'67 122 wagon






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