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most engines when they hit 100,000 miles or higher, will eat a quart of oil per 3 to 5,000 miles, and its normal. if you consuming more than that, your rings may be bad, or the seals in the heads are leaking real good. any smoke out the tail pipes when you start it up after its been sitting all night?
Not on mine, not a bit. I always back into the garage, windows down, open the garage door and just reach in and start the car to let her warm up each morning. Never misses a beat or smoke that I can see. Just over 100k on the car and engine is about the same. Pre-install tear down was a clean motor, all new gaskets, runs like a champ.
I just haven't worried about it, going to rebuild my old motor anyways sometime so as long as this one holds out til next summer I don't really care.
Yesterday I ordered it some new exhaust insulators. And now I'm browsing crutchfield trying to pick out a few head units. So many choices :confused:
the compression is not that bad, and those # wont make it misfire.Quote:
Originally Posted by dsmuts
i'm not worried about the oil in the GP. It is the venture i am worried about. it will be getting looked at on Thursday.
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Originally Posted by danielle15
Any of the alpine IDA units.
Well my car doesnt use any oil and i have 153k miles on it.
And changed mine to Syn.
still have rocker noise though
Today, drove the GP for delivering papers, then it sits. Hearing some kind of ping/rattle at the front strut/spring area, like a bolt hasn't been tightened. Maybe it will go away.
Got new tires put on my motorcycle. Now I have to loosen up the brakes.
And my low oil light came on right before I needed a change. I think enough has now leaked out and then burned/mixed with road rocks to seal up the leak. :th_biggrin2: Low oil light hasn't come on in 30,000 miles.
went to canadian tire to get a remote start hood pin which i broke when i painted studd under hood
got these in the mail today - for my new powdercoated rims
http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/...e/1ae9f9b1.jpg
Checked the timing chain today it looked perfect still. I'm thinking valve problem. It'll only rev to 2500 in park with your foot on the floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by heavydtheogre
I tore apart my friends sunfire then changed the oil in my ex-sister-in-laws car.
temporary Ghetto rigging....FTW
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...X/4eefaa45.jpg
seems legit.^^^^^^
WOW Cody...
It works lol finally got around tonight to properly replace the overflow line lol
that could be.Quote:
Originally Posted by dsmuts
I stay away from heavy caps now. My wife had some cool skulls on her tires, and ended up having to take them off since they were throwing the balance off. I didn't believe it until she put plain caps on, and the problems went away.Quote:
Originally Posted by heavydtheogre
Really throwing off balance. Weird
Well ya. Thats like adding a random wheel weight on the rim.
Get em balanced with the caps on
fixed some BS on the daytona, just another day in the w-body world