My first car was a '70 Nova w/307 V-8. Must have over heated bad once or twice before I bought it. The o-rings put around the valve stems got hard, brittle and started breaking about the time I got the car. I ran a can of Rislone thru it because I was using a quart of oil every 500-600 miles, ended up using a quart every 250 miles afterwards. I finally found a mechanic that agreed with me where my oil was going, past the valve guides. I had him replace the o-rings on the valve stems. I drove the car 400 miles using no oil, then used a quart in 500 miles, then a quart in 200, and finally ended up using a quart every 125-150 miles. Valve guides were wore and I chewed up o-rings just like the mechanic said I would.
I checked all the local salvage yards for either heads or complete engines. Not much of a selection and expensive, so saved my money to trade cars. I went the last year without changing the oil, just spun on a new filter every 4-5 months and added more oil. I carried a case of 24 quart steel cans of oil in the trunk, whatever was cheap.
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