Burning oil

[chesnut84]

I have a 96 warrior that sat for a couple years. It runs good it just burns oil. I checked the compression and it's 120 psi. I was told it's probably valve seals. they probably dried up when it sat for so long. I was wondering if maybe the oil retaining ring on the piston could be stuck compressed or if there's any advise for this situation. It burns a little at idle. And leaves a light trail of smoke at wot going down the road. Burns most when I punch it

 

[beastlywarrior228]

If it doesn't stop after running for a bit it's the oil ring. The oil ring can go bad with the compression rings still being good.

 

[chesnut84]

Ok so is that ring bad or do I just need to get it apart and unstuck? If I am going to take the head off is there any special tools I'd need. Thanks for the fast replie