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Losing oil

Tiny
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I have a 94 Geo Prizm. I recently had a complete valve job done on it along with replacing all the gaskets and the timing belt. Now it seems to be losing oil somewhere. I put a piece of cardboard under the car to see if it was leaking anywhere but to no avail. HELP ME!
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Monday, January 30th, 2006 AT 8:30 AM

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Tiny
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Sometimes when you do a valve job on a high mileage engine it will pull oil past the rings
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 AT 5:11 PM
Tiny
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Does this mean it probably needs rings too. Is there any way to tell without pulling the whole motor apart.
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 AT 7:03 AM
Tiny
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Compression test if the needle does not climb steadily, or it bounces around that could be the reason.
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 AT 11:48 AM

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