Oil consumption, What's normal?
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Oil consumption, What's normal?
I used the search button. I read about the service bulliten etc...
I want to know what guys with FI are seeing as far as oil use? I run Mobil 1. I had my oil changed 2000 miles ago. I did take a trip to ATL last month and ran about 80mph for 4-5 hours. Anyway, I was out screwing with my amp and the "Check Oil Level" message pops up. I was like Huh?
Sure enough, took 2 qts to get it back up.
2 qts in 2000 miles seems a little much. I'm thinking the oil change place shorted me a qt because I've heard them talking about how my Tahoe gets 1 more qt than a usual car/truck they do. So maybe I got 5 instead of 6 and really have only used one qt in 2000 miles.
So, again... I want to know what guys with FI are seeing as far as oil use?
P.S. No leaks, I checked....
I want to know what guys with FI are seeing as far as oil use? I run Mobil 1. I had my oil changed 2000 miles ago. I did take a trip to ATL last month and ran about 80mph for 4-5 hours. Anyway, I was out screwing with my amp and the "Check Oil Level" message pops up. I was like Huh?
Sure enough, took 2 qts to get it back up.
2 qts in 2000 miles seems a little much. I'm thinking the oil change place shorted me a qt because I've heard them talking about how my Tahoe gets 1 more qt than a usual car/truck they do. So maybe I got 5 instead of 6 and really have only used one qt in 2000 miles.
So, again... I want to know what guys with FI are seeing as far as oil use?
P.S. No leaks, I checked....
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I'll have to monitor more closely. I never checked the level after the oil change. I go to the same place and the 2 guys that run it are chevy gear heads so I don't think they would short me on purpose.
If I see a trend in oil use, I will post up. I know boosted engines use a litte more oil and some oil consumption is normal in any engine. 2 qts just seemed way out of line.
If I see a trend in oil use, I will post up. I know boosted engines use a litte more oil and some oil consumption is normal in any engine. 2 qts just seemed way out of line.
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i dunno what it is, but my engine will consume more oil than average if i change brands :dunno:
i lose about 1 qt every oil change
gm has a TSb on the pcv valve to change it to an open orafice tube
i lose about 1 qt every oil change
gm has a TSb on the pcv valve to change it to an open orafice tube