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Originally Posted by SD Blue
It is hard to determine where you may be losing oil but are you burning oil?
With the rate of 1qt/400 mi. you would have to have a noticable cloud of smoke coming from your exhaust. Also, a simple check for extreme blowby would be by turning the oil filler cap to unlock it then starting the engine and watching the cap for "dancing".
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I can't do the oil cap test yet (it's cold and dark
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Originally Posted by SD Blue
What do your oil cooler lines look like? With all that oil on the left side of the engine, these may be suspect. If they are leaking, don't drive it until you replace them.
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Again, can't check these till it's light outside, but I meant to say the passenger side of the engine had a lot of oil on the outside (the side of the engine with the air cleaner). The other side of the engine block (driver's side) is actually pretty clean. I'll still check the oil cooler lines anyway, since it's probably a prudent thing to check
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