Elio Amazed
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I don't know if this was your problem, but the little metro engines were notorious for blowing out either the cam seal or the crank seal every so often. The PCV would plug (as they sometimes do), and the resulting pressure would pop the seals right out of place. In either case, the oil would be leaking inside the timing chain cover and eventually would find it's way out to the ground. I used to put a quart in with every 10 gallon fill up because I couldn't convince my mechanic that the oil was coming from one of those seals instead of from a leak in the actual oil reservoir pan. The thing got such good gas mileage that it still was a far more economical ride feeding it both oil and gas. I eventually sold the car but I understand that neither seal is that big a job, because there's hardly anything to take off to get to them. I just never got around to doing it myself.according to that, ours must have been a bad one .... if the motor had of lasted 130,000 miles I'd of been well pleased .... when I say the motor was done at 75,000 it still ran but we literally had to add oil every time we added gas .... its the only GM motor we have ever had a problem with
Jim
I sold the car with 119,000 on it a year ago to my neighbor and it's still going strong. I suspect that he never fixed the seal either.