Re: [Peugeot-L] 505 XD2 using too much oil

From: Pug NZ <pug-yahoo2_at_azorah.co.nz>
Date: 07/27/05

Nah, thats not too bad.
I had one that used one litre of oil for every seven litres of petrol....sit idling for a while, and you could leave a smoke cloud a hundred metres long!
New rings and valves seals cured that till someone (else) did 30,000 k without changing the oil....

Kevin

blade44m wrote:

>...However, the engine is the 505 is very very
>worn out, and I'm getting a little worried about it.
>
>It makes even less horsepower than it should, and it burns huge
>amounts of oil. I'd say it uses a quart of 15-40 for every tank of
>gas (about 400-450 miles). Most of this comes out of the breather
>tube as smoke. As soon as the motor warms up, it starts pouring
>smoke out like an old two stroke dirtbike on a bad day...
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