Burning a lot of oil

gcwh02

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Losing a lot of oil somewhere and there are no oil stains under my car? I put in about a quart 2-3 days ago and im a quart low again? I think I have some serious problem, engine has 120k on it. When i turn the car off after driving it, i pull the dipstick to check the oil and some steam/smoke comes out. I know there is a very small leak on my pan around my oil gauge sender or whatever, but not enough to leave a stain overnight.

 

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86bluecobra

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do you notice excessive blue smoke out tail pipe? cats will burn up most but not all if you are burning that much.

 

gcwh02

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86bluecobra said:

do you notice excessive blue smoke out tail pipe? cats will burn up most but not all if you are burning that much.

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No smoke out of tailpipes, just took the cats off sunday.

 

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86bluecobra

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ok with out the cats if it is buring oil you will see it. perhaps there is a leak that is only evident under pressure. when the engine is running and there is oil pressure. have you left it running a crawled around looking for a leak?

 

vristang

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Check this out...
http://www.freewebs.com/vristang/faqs.htm

The article you want is about half way down the page.

Let me know if it helps.

jason