<VV> oil consuption question

[Thesuperscribe at cs.com]

Count your blessings, sir. My '64 110 goes through 1 quart of oil per 100 
miles. Educated guesses put the blame on deteriorated pushrod tube o-rings. 

--Tom B in SoCal

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In a message dated 6/5/2005 4:52:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
robedinpurple at yahoo.com writes:


> 
> Well, I had my first fill-up of the season today after
> attending the Orphan Car Show in Ypsilanti.  The show
> was great, lots of vairs and many of the great, lost
> makes.  I enjoyed it thoroughly.  Today was my first
> chance to get a good, measured fuel economy number on
> my car since picking it up last year.  22.5 MPG, not
> bad.  Unfortunately, during the same tank of gas, I
> also burned 1.5 qts of oil!  What are the main hitters
> on corvair oil economy?  I suspect my valve seals are
> probably shot, but I don't know if that alone could
> account for this amount of consumption.  I did
> compression some time last year, but don't have the
> numbers.  If I remember correctly they were a bit low,
> but uniform.  Not crazy low, though.  Any other ideas
> for me (other than rebuild the engine, which I'm sure
> will come later)?
> 
> -John Headley
> 64 monza convert
> Royal Oak, MI
>