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Burning oil in hairpins

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C0V3R

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Has anyone else ever experienced this? In very tight (i.e. hairpin) corners when going flat out, my car seems to burn a lot of oil. I cant work out why it would do this, but not when its on a straight.

Engine is fairly stock, running a c4 and not really revving above 4.5k
 

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I have seen that occasionally if the intake gasket is sucked out on the bottom side. Oil in the lifter valley can splash up on a hard corner and be burnt. It is difficult to diagnose accurately without removing the intake and physically looking at the gasket. Sometimes if you introduce propane into the crankcase, if the leak is large enough it will affect the idle.
Gord
 
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