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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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I feel liek my car is burning oil.. I changed my oil 2 weeks ago, and only 4 quarts came out of the motor when 5 was put in. Thoguth i waited 5000 miles before i changed it 2 weeks ago. I just checked my oil tn, and its a tad low. How could this be, its def not leaking from filter, or drain plug. I drive the car really really hard, and someone told methat could be why. ANy ideas?
Old Aug 24, 2007 | 07:34 AM
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Running the engine hard all the time is what's causing the oil to dissapear.
Operating the engine at high rpm wears out rings,bearings,valve seals,and guides prematurely.Oil gets past rings and valve seals ending up in the combustion chamber and out the tail pipe.Unfortunately the damage is already done so you'll just have to live with the oil consumption until it's rebuild time.One thing though,these engines don't tolerate low oil levels well so keep an eye on the dipstick and add whenever it gets down a pint or so.
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