1999 Saturn SC2 Oil B low By

A compression test wont tell u if u have a problem with ur oil rings that will tell u if u have bad compression rings.A good indicator of bad valve seals is when u start the car when its cold and u get blue smoke that clears after if starts and runs for a few mins. The early saturns they were having us replace the valves seals to help with oil consuption. Lets start out with how much ur car uses lets say in 3,000 miles like between oil changes last I heard from saturn there allowed to use 1 quart every 2, ooo miles and that was normal consuption. My 99sl2 uses more then that. What I do and it helps alot with oil is use is put a quart of lucas oil additive in the organic one in every oil change that stuff is great we used to put it in at the saturn dealer where I worked. So please answer my questions and we will figure something out.
Louie

No a compression test only tests compression of each cyclinder it has no way of telling where the compression is leaking if it is low. Also if ur car runs as good as u say then compression isnt a issue here. Now if u wanted to see where a cyclinder was leaking u would use what is called a cyclinder leak down tester where u put the pistion up to top dead center with both exhaust and intake valves closed and hook up compressed air to it and it has a pressure gauge for incomming air and a percentage of escaping air and if it reads to high of escaping air then u would listen for the escaping air thru the valves dipstick hole other cyclinders etc. But thats if u had a compression issue or u could use that if u were loosing coolant threw the exhaust or help track down a cracked head with coolant escaping. The head gasket loosing oil into the combustion chambers thur the headgasket on a saturn never had that happen except on the sl1s where oil leaks out of the back of the head where the oil comes up to head from the block and that is a slow leak. With two quarts loosing every 3000 miles is that with lucas?Also I wouldnt run straight 30 oil u could run 10w40 oil.
Also my car will use two quarts of oil in 3000 miles with no leaks or alot of smoke its not uncommon the oil rings get gummed up and stick sucked up against the piston instead of away from the piston scraping the cyclinder wall. Have seen it on alot of saturn engines I have taken apart have that happen. Also the cyclinder walls get out of round.
Louie

Ok I have something for u try take out ur pcv valve and see if its all gummed up or not a saturn one it should have cv and a number if its a saturn one and if its not a saturn one or gummed up or has a weak spring in it replace it the way u check the spring is turn it so the hose nipple faces straight down look at the valve it should be closed not even a little open or it is bad. If u replace it only use a saturn one a bulletine came out not to use aftermarket they make the engine consume excessive oil.I hear u on the blue smoke all the time with consumption of that much oil but they do have seen alot of them. As far as ur oil change goes going from 5w30 to 10w40 will help and use 3 quarts of oil and 1 quart of lucas the non synthentic one and castrol is a good oil thats what I use. If u want to try something else with the lucas on this next oil change I have something for u I have had good luck with it in the past is engine restore in the silver can walmart carrys it get the four cyl one it fills in the grooves of ur cyl walls and healps seals the rings. As far the lucas in the oil it does help to thicken it and it also sticks to everything so it helps to seal ur rings and all that.I cant help u on that kite thing for the message it wasnt me sending u a message except this one and the last one. Well good luck to u and let me know how ur oil consuption is going iam dealing with it on my saturn as well also that u for the donation its greatly appreachiated and feedback is also greatly appreachiated.
Louie

I have used that restore in my 69 caddy when I had it and several saturns I had but if u had a bad expernice with it then I don't blame u one bit. That Lucas works good though I have uses it alot and used to sell it at the Saturn dealer a. Put it in customers cars before they closed th dealer. Changing the Pcv was a good move too that should help u also that's the first I use to do when I ran a oil consuption test. Also yes u did say thanks a couple of times which I appreachiate alot of people don't say thanks they just take the info and move on. Also if u wanted to leave feedback for me that would be nice but that's up to u let me know how everything works out keep in touch.
Thanks
Louie

Glad everything is working out in that cold weather u might want to get a block heater running that thick oil. Good luck on the sunroof though u can't change the sunroof rails on ur model u have to get the whole sunroof module let me know when u tackle that iam a expert on those sunroofs on the saturns.