I have a '93 Honda Del Sol si. It overheated causing a compression problem. They machined the heads, did a valve job, and replaced the head gasket. Since then, it has been burning 1 to 1 1/2 quarts of oil a week through smoke out the exhaust. No leaks.

i;d bring it back to who ever did the job.

did they even install valve guide seals back on head after head was mech.? also what was the problem to start with?

if your burning oil your compression should be low, did they check that?

The original problem was that it would not start. It had overheated from a broken hose a week or two before that and was getting harder to start and finally would not start. They said it would not start then because I blew the head gasket and the compression was too low. They said they installed vavle guides and seals after mech. the heads. To check it now. They only did a leak test and said that was ok and took off the vavle cover and said the vavle seals were ok. They are trying to say it is the rings now because black smoke is coming out of the exhaust when the accelerator is pushed.

cheapest way out is to put another engine in it. you can get pretty good engines on line with low miles. we got one for a honda civic 2 years ago for $450 delivered. i don't know if you are aware of these japan engines that are removed by law and companys here buy them in bulk. they go through them and even give a warranty. i don't don't have the name of the company but just search japan used engines, there's a few of them.

a compression check with 2cc of oil added to the cylinder will tell if it's rings. the oil makes a seal around the rings so the compression will go up noitcibley. as a rule blue smoke is oil, white smoke is coolant and black smoke is fuel. how bad was the over heat, was it pining/knocking during it?

I forgot to say that when it origianlly overheated it did not knock but, since they woreked on it. It has a lot. I guess because the timing is off.

i would tell the shop that did the work, you're going to give them one last chance to make it right, or you are going to take some where eles and have it fixed at thier cost. another words, you'll see them in court. hopefully they will just give you your money back, then bring it to an import shop and have it fixed right.