<VV> oil consuption question

[UltraMonzaWest at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/5/2005 4:53:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
robedinpurple at yahoo.com writes:

> 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?  
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How many miles did you go?      2  gal. = 45 miles......really bad oil 
consumption!      13 gal.= 292 miles......still BAD!


Most likely...if you see no smoke...no drips...oil is too thin!  10-30?     
go to 20-50  in the summer!

Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.