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Re: [GMCnet] Oil burning [message #201063] Fri, 08 March 2013 20:14
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Sounds a lot like my fresh rebuild, only my oil mileage was better. 300
miles to the quart for a while, now with 10,000 miles on it, it's up to
about 400 miles per quart.

RonC

On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:57:16 -0600 Dennis Sexton <dennisfsexton@aol.com>
writes:
>
>
> Denny wrote on Fri, 08 March 2013 19:26
> > Just returned from a 3000 trip (first one since purchase). And
> used a qt of oil every 200 miles. No blue smoke out tail pipe that I
> can see.. Also, oil pressure is 50lbs cold and 20lbs hot at speed. 5
> lbs at hot idle. Engine runs and sounds good. Time for a rebuild?
>
>
> Might want to consider a new PCV valve and new filter on the other
> valve cover.
>
> Or you may be overfilling and therefore loosing the first quart
> fast. See the archives for calibrating the dipstick.
>
> Back when these were new -- a quart every 500-700 miles was not
> uncommon. We just have different expectaions these days.
>
> Dennis
> --
> Dennis S
> 73 Painted Desert 230
> Germantown, TN
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