"BANDIT2941" > wrote in message
...
> >Matt,
> >
> > You can stop this oil burning permanently. Here's the story. I
> >bought a Saturn '95 SL2 a couple of years ago and the engine was
> >burning oil quite miserably- at least a quart every 500 miles. I lost
> >track of the oil level and the engine gave up the ghost while on I75.
> >snip...
>
> Sorry, but if an engine is burning oil, putting a bypass oil filter on it
isn't
> going to help. In SOME cases, it MAY help prevent oil burning from
> happening(like if you are one who never changes the oil) but if you keep
up
> with your oil changes you are no more likely to have an oil burning
problem
> then if you have a secondary filter. In the majority of oil burning cases
with
> Saturns, it is due to the Saturn factory using Hastings piston rings.
Replace
> those rings with a different brand and your oil burning will be
eliminated. For
> instance, I have Sealed Power rings in my engine now.

How much does that cost? I wouldn't think it would be cost effective once
you pass 100,000 miles (?)
ron