Hey everyone, I did a search and couldn't come up with everything so here goes...

we have a 2006 caravan with 3.3L. Just turned 50,xxx miles. I changed the oil 2800 miles ago and when I checked the fluids recently the oil ended up being 2 qrts low and the coolant overflow tank was empty. I topped off the oil, filled the coolant tank to the full mark and have been keeping an eye on it. About 800 miles have gone by, the oil is to the middle of the full range instead of being at the top like it was, and the coolant overflow is near the bottom again.

This van runs great! No lights, idles fine, runs good, NO LEAKS ANYWHERE!!! I'm thinking its a headgasket, but the oil isn't milky or discolored at all and its running fine. I haven't noticed any smoke at startup or while running, the back bumper doesn't have any residue on it near the exhaust. Any thoughts??? the only thing that this van does is sounds like a pulley is rattling a little and power steering pump sounds a little loud when turning. Van had 37K on it when we bought it 2 years ago and nothing else has changed. It has made the same noise since we bought it, run the same, and I change all the oil and have never noticed anything wrong when I change it.

Please, enlighten me

 

Put some dye in the fluids, drive it, and check with a black light, to confirm no leaks anywhere.

 

until I have a chance to do that and drive it around for a while, any suggestions as to what someone thinks could be going on? Or, places to look for leaks that maybe I'm not seeing?

 

i have 06 caravan at 55,000--saw my oil running low also, i added oil here and there until, tired of it--jacked it up passenger side, took protective cover off to see crank pulley--oil was coming out of that area--pulled it off and actually no seal was in there, not even a trace of an oil seal--bought one and now no leaks--