Hehe....well, it all depends on how fast it gets shipped to BS. But I guess you're right.....if it's F'd up, what's another week, right? I guess you still haven't heard
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Hehe....well, it all depends on how fast it gets shipped to BS. But I guess you're right.....if it's F'd up, what's another week, right?
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Well, my engine is definitely consuming oil.
I went out for lunch today and my oil light came on. I checked the dipstick and it was definitely low. So I stopped at Pep Boys and got some Mobile1 to top it off. I'm gonna start carrying the Red Line in the car for now on until this issue is resolved. Also, yesterday I checked my coolant reservoir and it was at the MAX fill line. It was hard to tell if oil is mixing with it because you can't directly see the fluid with our type of reservoir. But from what I could tell, it looked blueish-green. Again, really hard to tell if it was clean. I'll try to snap some pics of it and post it here. So far, I haven't noticed any discoloration in the exhaust smoke, nor any alarming fumes. Man, my BlackStone testing kit needs to arrive soon. |
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Soooo....my buddy (who used to be a mechanic) said that it sounds like my value guide(s) could be worn, which would explain the copperish color shavings in the oil, the oil consumption, and the valuetrain noise that I had prior to the oil change a few weeks ago.
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I'll tell you a brief story I read in this forum: An engineer from the U.S. went thru' the trouble of purchasing a sample of each brand of oil filter on the market; he proceeded to "disect" (i.e. cut in ½, and inspect) each and everyone of 'em: His conclusion was that Pureone by Purolator is THE best oil filter available to us on the market. Remember: I'm not an engineer. This is the conclusion a pro' in his field arrived at. Since I've been using that brand, my engine oil comes out less nasty than it used to, 'cause the filtering element is of superior quality, according to this guy. Give it a shot, dude!
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Thanks for the tip on the pure one filter j.arnaldo +1
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Well, it turns out that the oil light that I got earlier today was from my preset oil change reminder, NOT low oil.....lol. I got in the car again after work and the damn light was still on. I'm like, "How is that possible? I topped off at lunch." I looked under the car and didn't see any oil on the ground.
See, I did my oil change a few hundred miles before the reminder and completely forget to reset it. However, the oil level was a little low, so I added about .5 quart. Which still indicates to me that it may be consuming more oil than it should BUT at least it's not as drastic as I thought. Last edited by dlmartin81; 03-17-2010 at 06:24 PM. |
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Mmmm....I put about 600-700 miles on the new oil.
The reason I bought Mobile1 is because I thought I really had a problem. Again, that oil light that came on (which turned out to be the the damn reminder) got me scared that I was running bone dry and afraid that I wouldn't make it home. I live about 30 some miles from work. So I needed something in the interim. Desperate times....desperate measures. I have extra RL oil at home and is now in my car. |
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