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Burning oil loosing a quart a month??? HELP...
Hey Guys,
Well my oil consumption on my 98 Diesel is getting worse.. I'm at 254K and my "add oil" light comes on about once a month. I check the dip stick and it’s a 1/4 inch under the full mark. So I add a 1/2 to 1 quart.. About a month later its comes on again.
I'm not leaking more than a drop or two.
My guess (and yall correct me if my guess is wrong) is that oil is sneaking past the rings and being burned. I can see this when I stomp on it and there is a much BIGGER and BLACKER cloud of smoke out the tail pipe. The folks behind me REALLY don’t like it.. They slow down really fast.. HAHA
Since the market is really down for cars I don’t see it being economical to pay some one to crack the head and replace the rings. I checked eBay and ones with over 250K on this with similar issues were selling 4-6K but closer to 4-5. To do the work it would be around 4K..
* I've run Marvels through it to bust it up... Used a pre oil change product to loosen everything up, then changed the oil.
That bought me a few extra weeks.. 6-7 before the light came back on instead of 3-5 weeks.
Can I do anything else other than crack open the head and get to the rings? Or do I just keep putting oil in it and changing it... And hoping for the best??..... HAHA
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10-07-2010, 08:19 AM
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