170k non burner
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swathdiver
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I think they burn oil when regularly spun past 3500 rpms. Mine doesn't burn oil either.
I do drive mine pretty easy so maybe that is it. I towed a Miata from SC to Cin Ohio last fall, it did use a half quart now that I think of it. Topped it off, nothing used since.
So it there anything to the thought that an older high mile motor can use more oil if it is, if you push harder, say hammering it to get on a HWY, or just racing light to light so to speak. My son does that crap with his older things he has owned. I am like, take it easy on it, it will lose less oil.
So it there anything to the thought that an older high mile motor can use more oil if it is, if you push harder, say hammering it to get on a HWY, or just racing light to light so to speak. My son does that crap with his older things he has owned. I am like, take it easy on it, it will lose less oil.
probably really depends on the mileage and how hard it's been driven, my 2000 at 224k burned maybe 1/2 quart between oil changes and I drove the piss out of it, when I replaced the motor it didn't burn a drop
afpj
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You guys are killing me....LOL.
I lose about a quart every 3500-4000 miles. Up to about 110k or so, no oil loss, then I had the bright idea to start using high mileage oil just because I had high mileage. After that, maybe within 10k miles, it started losing. I read on BITOG that if you don't have a problem, don't need the high mileage oil, so I probably caused some seals to abnormally swell using the high mileage oil, when they didn't really need it, and it now loses oil. Lesson learned. Of course, I didn't read that BITOG blog until well after I started using the high mileage stuff. Also I have that annoying oil leak from somewhere around the starter, like so many others, cannot find it, and at 184k, not going to really bother until it gets worse.
I lose about a quart every 3500-4000 miles. Up to about 110k or so, no oil loss, then I had the bright idea to start using high mileage oil just because I had high mileage. After that, maybe within 10k miles, it started losing. I read on BITOG that if you don't have a problem, don't need the high mileage oil, so I probably caused some seals to abnormally swell using the high mileage oil, when they didn't really need it, and it now loses oil. Lesson learned. Of course, I didn't read that BITOG blog until well after I started using the high mileage stuff. Also I have that annoying oil leak from somewhere around the starter, like so many others, cannot find it, and at 184k, not going to really bother until it gets worse.
Scottydoggs
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ive owned two off the dealer ship lot new pick up trucks, a 97 3500 and a 03 2500 hd. both at 100,000 miles started to eat a qt of oil by 3,000 miles on a fresh oil change. note these are not even the same gen engine. the 97 was a 350 with tbi. the 03 a 6.0.
you can also plan on starting to change every accessory on the front of the engine as they start to fail one by one.
its a gm deal, as long as its a qt or less by 3,000 miles GM SAYS ITS JUST FINE. ****** up right?
you can also plan on starting to change every accessory on the front of the engine as they start to fail one by one.
its a gm deal, as long as its a qt or less by 3,000 miles GM SAYS ITS JUST FINE. ****** up right?
HiHoeSilver
Away!
Reminds me of a time I took a work van into the shop cuz it was blowing smoke, and the "mechanic" says, "eh, it seems fine. They all puff a little when you start em." WHAT?!
adventurenali92
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Wow.... I guess I’m lucky! My 2006’s 6.0 doesn’t burn anything at all between changes. Not a drop.... I constantly check both my trans dipstick and the oil dipstick, about every 10 days. Oil is always exactly where I filled at the last change. And I’m at 112k miles. I switched over to synthetic at the first oil change I did about three months after I bought back when it was a baby truck at 75k. Lol.
