Thread: sr20ve buring oil

Ok I have a de/ve combo with 16ve pistons so I am high comp. But my problem is above 5000 rpm I am burning oil. Now my compression is within 5 psi across the board and my cylinder leakge test shows under 25% leakage on all cylinders. OK I used 01 RR rings when I did the rebuild, does this hav anything to do with it or do I just need to break in more.
The motor has about 800 miles since new rings and bearings were installed and the last 200 miles have been hard goin to the drag strip and what not

What brand of oil are you using, and what kind of filter

That has nothing to do with his issue....

just 5w30 cheap oil and nissan filter

Can you smell alot of oil at idle? Getting blow by from your breather? Smoke at wit?

The oil is what's burning.. he said he's using a Nissan filter so he's prob good. Some of those crap filters sometimes leak---> lead one to believe they are burning/losing oil

no only seems to be a higher rpm's. idle I dont see or smell anything.

Do you have the PCV hooked up from the valve cover to the intake manifold?

yes

This. Especially with cheap oil you can push through the pcv at high rpm. My first VE would suck up Royal Purple like crazy. Especially at the drag strip. Switched to Castrol Syntec and it stopped. It will still suck some oil through so keep an eye on when you go to test n tune but the cars are designed to do this a little bit.

I mean it could be from your build but hold your horses a minute these motors will do this on cheap oil. I would do an oil change though but with a new motor you probably did that before you hit the drag strip right?