hey everyone, i have an issue and need your advice. i recently pulled the engine out of my truck and put all new gaskets on it. however do to money it was out of my truck for about 6 months, so i put it back together took it down to the shop and had it all checked out, the mechanic said everything was good no leaks, compression was good, was not overheating. so about 2 weeks later i checked the oil and it was a quart low, i added and check again a week later, another quart, so i talked to a shop guy and he said that. seeings how there is no oil leaking from the valve covers or heads on the out side of the engine. he was confident this was a valve guide issue. so again due to money i have to wait to do this. in the meantime i seem to be going thru about 2.5-3 qrts of oil a week. there is a slight white smoke comeing from the exhaust not at all noticable, but here is a big concern when i put my hand up to the exhaust and had my wife hit the gas it just sprayed oil out like a spray bottle.....

so with the mechanic stateing the compression was okay am i safe to assume that by taking the heads off and having them reworked would solve this issue.


what do you all think

96 dodge ram 1500, v6


jesse

 

Check that intake manifold plenum gasket. See the sticky "end all be all plenum thread" in this forum for all you ever wanted to know and then some about it.

If it's valve guides you'll be able to easily enough detect it with a vacuum gauge connected to the intake manifold -- you can search the web for information about that. It's pretty basic high school auto shop stuff, really.