Burning oil? Help
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Burning oil? Help
So I have been noticing that every oild change, which I do myself, I haveabout a quart of oil after 2500 miles of driving. I fill it with just over 3 quarts and use the dipstick to check the level needed. This last time I let it go to 4000 miles cause I was busy and the oil light started to flicker. I checked the levels and the stick showed empty. A TINY bit of oil on one of the corners of the stick, but that's it. I changed my oil and no oil lihgt problem anymore, but obviously I still have a oil loss problem. My car seems to run fine and I never notice any smoke coming out the back. I have changed the oil filter with the oil every time. I use Mobil 1 5w30 and saw somewhere that this oil is known to burn. Is it burning slowly enough for me not to see it or could this be a different problem? The only other thing I am doing to my car is adding FP60 oil additive and when I can FP60 fuel additive to clean things out and keep them clean. Any thoughts are appreciated. What should I check and should I change oil? Thanks
Steve
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Re: Burning oil? Help (stevanrk)
Well First thing you should be looking for is Blue smoke out the exhaust. If not next would be a compression test if that seems normal than a leakdown test to see if your valve stem seals are fried. when you change your oil does it come out looking black as hell?
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Re: Burning oil? Help (stevanrk)
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If you're a cheapskate...
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