1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse 1997 Eclipse burning alot of oil fr

Tiny
EVOKER121
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  • 1997 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 94,000 MILES
Hello, my 1997 eclipse has bin burning oil from the tail pipe alot its got an after market exhaust on it and I recently got an oil change and it started smoking alot more the engine runs fine I had it checked buy a mechanic and he said its not the piston rings or the headgasket the comprestions good but thats all he had time to check theres no oil in the top of the engine either ( took of the spark plugs and checked if any where oil fouled ) and the check engine light whent of about 20 miles after I had the oil changed with the code p0455 large leak in evap system ( there is no catalic converter on the car btw)
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 AT 8:23 PM

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Tiny
MONTY STEPHENS
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I'll venture a guess -- Time for new rings or if you are luck maybe just valve stem seals. I have 2001, 70,000 miles and it uses oil (maybe 1 gt every 4, 00 miles) -- it always did. I can't imagine how much it will use when the motor has 200K miles.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009 AT 11:04 AM

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