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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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exhaust does not smoke at all. as for oil i switched to mobile 1 vmax stuff.
 
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 09:07 PM
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I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, but I'm glad to see someone else has my problem. I just changed my pcv valve, there was some gunk in my nipple leading to the intake. Have you looked at yours yet?
 
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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i haven't checked it yet
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 01:08 PM
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I would, it takes a few minutes to pull the intake tube out and pull everything apart. But You might have a gunk build up in the intake nipple. I cleaned mine out and replaced the valve a couple of days ago. I havn't seen my oil drop since then. DAKZ posted something on my thread about this that a clogged PCV valve can cause oil leaks or drops with out any external leaks. The part is like $3, and it is recommended to be replaced every 80K. For $3 its worth a shot. So far has worked for me.
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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just checked it, it looks brand new and still rattles.
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 01:25 PM
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so you still cant find where the oil is going if possible can you maybe pull a valve cover and see if there is oil not draining back to the pan its a far chance but wouldnt hurt at this point its hard to beleive that this much oil is disapearing and you dont see a drop
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 01:38 PM
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last thing i need to do is a compression to tell me whats going on with the internals although the shop that installed it did one before the install and said it was within spec. and its burnt oil from day 1 so....
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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maybe take it back and see if they will redo there test tell them the problems you have been having with it losing oil since day one and see where the specs are now
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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If you do take it back let us know what they found wrong with it.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Bump trying to keep this fresh in our collective minds.
 
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