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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Our van looses at least half of its consumed oil from blowby, there was a big drool of it all the way down the multiple-part air intake, and a sopping puddle in the bottom where the air filter is.  82k on it, pretty sad. plus, it blows blue exhaust, so its probably burning it too. uses about 1qt for every 1300miles or so.... |
pawoSD--just curious, but is that the 3L V-6 in the Caravan? I ask because I used to own a '91 Chrysler LeBaron (think Plymouth Acclaim w/ vinyl roof, grandma-plush interior, and digital dash!) that had that engine and good god!!!! did that thing burn oil. I started using that gunk you pour in w/ the oil once it got really bad--I HAD to though, because if you sat at idle at a stoplight for more than 45 seconds, the plume of oil smoke that thing let out was amazing. That being said, the motor ran well, and the car was quite fast--I sold it with 261,000 miles on it to an employee, whose son did a head job and replaced the rings. So the car now has almost 340,000 miles on it....
Only high dollar repair I ever performed was a transmission overhaul at about 175,000 miles--guess it'll be due for another one of those soon....just this time I won't be paying for it.
