My FIRST car, 1970 Chevy Nova 307 V8, used a little oil, odometer showed 30,000 miles in 3 years, was probably more like 100,000 miles. As I put more miles on it, it used more & more oil, finally about 200 miles per quart. I finally talked to a mechanic that thought he could help, he thought it was the o-ring valve stem seals. I dropped it off one day, his shop was two blocks from my work. We pulled a valve cover, he had an air fitting that screwed into plug hole, held valves closed, replaced o-rings on one whole bank, then was coffee time. I went to work. That afternoon, about 4PM I stopped at the shop to pay him, went and punched out at my work, checked the oil in my car, almost to full line. Drove it almost 500 miles before the oil started dropping, then used a quart every 400 miles, then 300 miles, finally about every 125 miles. The valve guides were so loose it chewed up the new o-rings. It needed a better pair of heads, or a different engine. Yeah, an LT-1 350 would have been nice! Coupldn't find heads or an engine, so traded cars for a new '77 Firebird. That 307 didn't leak, didn't smoke on start-up, only smoked a little when backing off the gas at high RPM when vacuum went way high. The engine must have been over-heated pretty good before I bought it, those o-rings were brittle and hard.
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