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Old May 26, 2011 | 06:28 PM
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i wasn't being a dick i promise nor did you say i was. i am just unaware of your mechanical ability or knowledge so that is why i went into great detail.

u may still be burning it without seeing smoke. it could just be little puffs of smoke that can be hard to see if you don't know what you are looking for. just pull your plugs and let us know what you find.
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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i didnt take your comment that way, my response probably wasnt great but yeah no hard feelings.

plugs look alright, no oil, normal brownish/redish color.
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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i know what happen what happen was he stopped and got oil and a troll hobbit or what ever else crawled under his truck drained the oil gave a devilish laugh and he drove off and thats what happen
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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thunder what kinda oil you usen? two oil changes ago i tryed some syn oil. about 3 weeks after the oil change i checked it and to my horrier it was barley touchn the stick. and if i reved it really hard it would puff a small amount out the pipes. i got a new filter and casro 10w40 and a bottle of lucus oil treatment and its still full after 3 weeks. ill never use syn oil again.when i drained it. it was black as night and ran out the pan like water.
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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i had been using penzoil i switched to vmax life high mileage stuff
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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Its weird that ur plugs are fine. I used valvoline max life thats all that I have ever used in mine.
 
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Old May 27, 2011 | 01:02 AM
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i was expecting gunky plugs. dunno. drive it and see if it happens again
 
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 03:04 AM
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bringing this one back. its been 2800 miles since this thread was started and checked the oil today and GUESS WHAT????????????

oil is stupid low AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its not in the coolant, or leaking out. so I gotta be burning it somehow. what do i do?
 
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 03:46 AM
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Winston, you are running fully synthetic so you are not burning it up. You are loosing it somehow. Unless your engine is running over 700 degrees, you're leaking oil somewhere.
http://www.waynesgarage.com/docs/synthetic_oils.htm
 
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:42 AM
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wow look how it is i cant beleive it..lol but i know your not on the best of terms with the place you bought the motor but did it have any sort of warrenty with it. But if it comes to it you can can a uv leak detector kit from auto zone or where ever and do it that way and i know on some that oil builds up inside the muffler anyway you can drill a tiny hole in the bottom of the muffler and see if any oil drains out it can always be spot welded and would help to see if your muffler is trapping the oil
 
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