Something troubling is happening with my 99 forester EJ25 SOHC. I just changed spark plugs, water pump, HG, misc seals, oil sep plate. Before doing this repair the car wasn't eating oil.
After the changes I am eating about a quart every 500 miles and am spraying sooty water out the tail pipe. There are NO leaks and there is no smoke out of the tailpipe (unless its cold then it appears to be steam). When I had the deads off cylinder #3 had pretty heavy carbon build up but the sleeves didn't seem to be excessively worn.
The car runs fine and has no power loss or anything so I am wondering what is going on here. I did some searches here but my oil consumption combined with the soot issue doesn't seem to be covered.
Any ideas??
After the changes I am eating about a quart every 500 miles and am spraying sooty water out the tail pipe. There are NO leaks and there is no smoke out of the tailpipe (unless its cold then it appears to be steam). When I had the deads off cylinder #3 had pretty heavy carbon build up but the sleeves didn't seem to be excessively worn.
The car runs fine and has no power loss or anything so I am wondering what is going on here. I did some searches here but my oil consumption combined with the soot issue doesn't seem to be covered.
Any ideas??