GTV-6 non-electrical problems

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At what point should I be concerned about oil consumption that I 
can't afford to fix?  It's gotten gradually worse to the point that 
my car burns a quart of oil every 300 miles.  I think I've told the 
story of how it got worse and worse until I switched to Kendall oil 
which improved it appreciably, and how changing the valvestem seals 
made the problem go away almost completely until I switched back to 
Castrol and it was as bad as ever.  (Switching to Kendal again didn't 
help, although that may have had to do with Kendall changing their 
formula.)

Now I've noticed since installing a fuel pressure gauge that my car 
doesn't hold residual fuel pressure like it should.  I assumed that 
this meant the check valve in the pump was bad, so when the pump 
seized up two weeks ago and I replaced it with a brand-new one I 
expected that problem to go away.  Not so!  It seems to lose fuel 
pressure as fast as ever after shutoff, although I'm tempted to think 
that it's not consistent from shutoff to shutoff.  So what else is 
leaking???  An injector??  Would dumping all that gas into the engine 
prevent proper lubrication and destroy my engine, causing the oil 
consumption issue?

Thanks gang,
Joe Elliott
'82 GTV-6
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