awwwww crap burning oil help

[873Stang]

ok so im burning more oil then i should be, its a stock 5.0 and when i checked the dip stick it had a little tear drop at the end of the dip stick so im guessing it needs 4qt to be where it should. i did my last oil chenge about 2 months a go.
now what could be some causes for this?? car has 83,000miles on it, im scared my lower end might be gone cuz it had a bad harmonic bal and i just replaced that 4 weeks ago. so what do you think? thank you

oh and as far as i know theres no smoke out of the tail pipes! if that helps but theres is carbon but i would guess thats fuel right?

 

[Boss 351]

rear main seal leaking maybe?

check the compression and do a leak down test on each cylinder. Mine will burn about a liter of oil per 60miles

 

[Sicarius428]

Switch to a thicker oil possibly?
Kevin

 

[cjones]

if it's on the bottom of the dipstick it probably needs about 2 quarts not 4.

 

[vristang]

lol
needing to add 4qts would leave only 1qt in the pan/filter/block...


Find out where the oil is going...
Likely causes are
external leak which will make a mess of the block and leave puddles on the ground.
or
faulty pcv system causing oil to be pushed out of the crankcase into the intake manifold

jason

 

[873Stang]

thanks guys yea rear main seal is new!

yea i have to look under that beast and check

would hd 30 be to thick

if so what oil would you recommend

 

[91 HATCH]

i would recommend you use 20 w 50 mobil one synthetic