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Anyone know the problem?

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My car's burned more than 3 quarts of oil and ive not even drove it 300 miles. No smoking of anything.
 

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Is it leaking anywhere.

Maybe its not leaking when the car is sitting. But it may leak when its running and a load is on the motor.

Check for leaks
 

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Does the lower intake have the baffle plate under the hole for the PCV valve and screen? If not you will use a quart of oil every 2 or 3 days.
 

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how many miles? could have bad oil pan seal's maybe crank shaft? can you see any signs of heavy oil stains?
 

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No sign of leak sitting but havent checked in motion. 35k miles, and im not ure about the lower intake baffle plate but i will check all of these soon. Thanks for the advice.
 
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