Wheres the oil going?
#1
Wheres the oil going?
So I just had new heads put on my truck about 2 months ago. Before this, it never used any oil. Now, in the last 2 months, it's used 2 quarts. This morning when I checked the level...it was low again. I went ahead and changed it, so I'm gonna check it again in about a week. The truck is also blowing out a little blue smoke when I first start it(which it didn't do before). It stops after that. There aren't any leaks that I could see. So...where is the oil going???????????????
#4
Sounds like valve guides to me as well. I dont know what kind of guides/seals the 3.0 uses, but I'm sure someone can chime in.
If your valve seals are bad, oil will drip down from the rocker arms, into your cylinders, while the engine is off. It collects, and when you first start it, it burns out, thus the blue smoke on start up..
If your valve seals are bad, oil will drip down from the rocker arms, into your cylinders, while the engine is off. It collects, and when you first start it, it burns out, thus the blue smoke on start up..
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#9
Very well could be the guides, but also, how many miles are on your truck? I have seen where a head swap has taken place on higher mileage engines and the higher compression from the milled heads caused the piston rings to fail.
#12
the whole point though, is that the truck wasnt using oil until you had the heads replaced. what was the reasoning for the head replacement? If you overheated the truck, you probably seized the rings as well as ruined the heads.
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