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Hi Joey:
We'll need to trouble shoot this.
The oil could be:
- burning because of bad rings (lots of blue smoke from exhaust)
- burning because of bad PVC valve (lots of oil in intake system)
- Leaking from a bad seal or gasket (lots of oil on underside of engine
It never hurts to do a really good cleanup on the engine and then run it for a very short time. Then check for the ource of the leak
Hello! Valve clearance is the same for the 1.5L and the 1.6L
INTAKE= .001"- .002" EXHAUST=.002"- .003"
See diagram below to locate Yellow rubber cap covering the ignition timing plug...It is located under the right side of the dash...Wire colors are: Brown and Green/White...Short these pins together...Start the engine and allow it to reach normal operating temperature...
This is going to be an issue. There are marks on the gears you need to line up correctly to get it right. Without a picture to look at it is very hard. You can start and get it close by rotating the crank until the number one is up all the way and the next cylinder to fire is down preparing for the compression stroke. Then you need to turn the cam shaft until all valves are closed for the number 1 and the intake valves on the next cylinder in the firing order are closing with exhaust valves closed. This should be roughly #1 TDC, close anyway. The Haynes or Chilton's repair manual will have photos of the timing chain area and what the marks look like and instructions on how to line them up. It would be a very good investment at this point.
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