Trepid Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Ok, so I got a 89 LS that I want to sell and I want to fix it up a little before I do that. One thing is it eats a couple quarts of oil on long hard drives like to LA and back, I was thinking the valve cover seal but do you guys think it could be something else? also the hydrolics on the back door don't work after a spoiler was added and I was wondering about how much replacements for those are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSter94 Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 Well, I'll start with the easy one first: The lifts can be bought at Pep Boys at a pretty reasonable price, that's not a big deal. Now for the hard one: If it's only the vavle cover its only a matter of replacing the rubber gasket(20 mins tops) but the eating oil on long trips sounds like it could be something more serious, you should see if it's smoking when it's hot, then it's probably the rings which could be pretty costly(I'd sell it and tell the new owners about it)but we'll hope for the best on this one..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toda Party Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 its not the valve cover gasket, unless u see craploads of oil leaking from the area. its probably the rings... get a compression test done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toda Party Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/comptes...t/comptest.html not the same motor but u'll get the idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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