Valve stem leakage will usually produce a cloud of blue smoke every morning
when you first start. (oil drips down over night) No noticeable cloud = no
significant valve leakage.


"Leon van Dommelen" > wrote in message
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>
> Now that I will be getting a second Miata, it seems like a good time to
> do something about Bozo's oil burning problem. But I am somewhat at a
> loss how to proceed. Valve job? Engine rebuild (boring out cylinders?)
> Putting in a new engine?
>
> Of course, I am not planning to do anything like these myself. I assume
> there are suitable businesses where you can drop the car off and they
> will fix the problem in due time.
>
> Leon
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