Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> Bill Putney > writes:
>
>> Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>>
>>> ...-- my daughter's Neon, with a
>>> 4, passed a compression test after breaking a timing belt, but burned a
>>> hell of a lot of oil ever after...
>> Strange. Do you have any idea why that would be? I'm having trouble
>> thinking of the connection between the timing belt failure and burning
>> oil. Not doubting - just trying to visualize. I guess it is possible
>> that the two just happened to start occurring around the same time.
>
> My guess was valve guides -- lots of blue right after startup.

But can you figure out a connection to the timing belt breaking? I can't.

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