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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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I'm about a quart low after 3000 miles. Is this about normal at 100k miles? There are no visible leaks on the outside of the engine and absolutely no blue smoke.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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To make blue smoke it has to be plenty of oil to be burned. One quart is not so bad for a high mileage but that is never good. Just keep an eye on it. If it starts loosing more you may want to rebuild.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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So my 2 qts in 3000mi is pretty horrid lol.

Check your plugs, i have an oil leak in one of my cylinders. The plug was COATED after a routine maintenance. not the present i was looking for...
 
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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I changed my plugs a few thousand miles ago and they looked great.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 03:43 AM
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Damn, my 4.7 doesn't even use 1/4 quart for 5000 miles. Well, maybe 1/4 quart at 5 k...

My Shadow on the other hand uses a quart every 3k, but it leaks like a sieve.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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Haha at least your trucks aren't using 1 quart every 140KM.. I had a S10 that did that lol
 
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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Thumbs up Gotta love the Dak's

I have over 250,000 on my 3.9 magnum and when i bought it new i got a courtesy card from the dealer for a lifetime oil change and inspection there, and to this day with nothing more replaced but an air conditioner compressor,water pump and an alternator i have not one drop of oil under my truck and no oil burning problems.I cant say enough about how good of a truck this one is since i follow and write down all the matenence intervals since i bought it new in 2000.
 
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