Some of you may be aware of my oil consumption issue, I used 5 or 6 quarts in the first 2,500 miles. I lost track. After my oil change it had not burned a noticeable amount, but it sat for a month then when I started it there was a burning smell under the hood. Not a really strong smell, but with the hood up it was pretty noticeable. I put 100 miles or so on it since that start up and it is now down a little over 1/2 quart. I had not been watching for this before, so did not take note of consumption vs how long it had sat, but I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it? Is there any reason it would burn oil after sitting? I know some motors (BMW bike boxers for example) do but that shouldn't happen with inclined cylinders.
Any ideas on where to poke around? There are no drips that I could find and the oil smells seems to be from the motor compartment not the exhaust, though maybe it is wafting under from the side pipes. It doesn't smell like exhaust oil burning though and there was no fancy colored smoke. My local dealers are worthless, so I am trying to get an idea on what it may be before trying to get it fixed. I've been told multiple times that my consumption is normal : I don't think it is the rings since the exhaust is always clear and with that much consumption it should show.
Any ideas on where to poke around? There are no drips that I could find and the oil smells seems to be from the motor compartment not the exhaust, though maybe it is wafting under from the side pipes. It doesn't smell like exhaust oil burning though and there was no fancy colored smoke. My local dealers are worthless, so I am trying to get an idea on what it may be before trying to get it fixed. I've been told multiple times that my consumption is normal : I don't think it is the rings since the exhaust is always clear and with that much consumption it should show.