91 Voyager burning oil

Reading the archives, I'm reasonably confident the problem would be
valve guides dropping, but I'd just like some confirmation

I have a 91 Voyager with ~154k miles on it.
Apart from this one problem, the van runs *great*.
In the last 12 months I've had front and back valve cover gaskets, the
PCV value and oil pan gasket and catalytic converter (it was cracked).

That work cost a total of ~USD 1000, and fixed a nasty oil leak and
smoking problem.

The smoking is back through There's a "farting" sound coming from
underneath the van - my original mechanic (with whom I've lost a little
faith) has said, without actually looking at it, that this was because
of an exhaust leak.

Does this sould like it would be caused by values dropping? Or should I
look more at the seals to be the problem?

 

Can I ask what the rate of oil consumption is? If this van is 150K miles
and it's going
through a quart every 1000 miles, then I'd hazard a guess that it's not
going to go
through more than another 50 quarts before the engine goes kaput. So, why
are you
spending money trying to get it fixed? For what your dumping into repairs
you should
just wait until the engine seizes then buy a rebuilt engine, it'd be the
same money.

Ted

 

: Can I ask what the rate of oil consumption is? If this van is 150K miles
: and it's going
: through a quart every 1000 miles, then I'd hazard a guess that it's not
: going to go
: through more than another 50 quarts before the engine goes kaput. So, why
: are you
: spending money trying to get it fixed? For what your dumping into repairs
: you should
: just wait until the engine seizes then buy a rebuilt engine, it'd be the
: same money.

It's going through *about* 1 to 2 quarts every 1000 miles.
For 50 quarts, that's 50,000 miles and still another 4 years of driving
for me (by which time I'll surely have a new vehicle).

How much would it cost to buy a rebuilt engine and have someoen install
it? It sounds like a huge job.

 

That isnt bad for a car of that age and mileage, The valve guide problem
will not cause a noise, also keep in mind that if the front valve cover gets
stopped up it will not drian oil back inot the motor and will cause, oil
consumption and smoking problems
Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech