12-16-2005, 12:26 PM
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so my car has been burning oil since the beginning of october and i still dont have money to fix it. i believe the problem is the mech's phuked up the install of my P&P manifolds. are there any long term effects to burning oil for so long? i probably wont have money to fix it til feb. not to mention i have to drive it up and back to michigan at least once if not twice in the mean time. im hoping that keeping oil in it will suffice for now.
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12-16-2005, 12:36 PM
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well unless you completley run out of oil, I think you will be alright. If you burning oil it is most likely because your piston rings are going and your getting oil into the combustion chamber.
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12-16-2005, 12:37 PM
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all i know is that my oil is disappearing and smoke is coming out the tail pipe sometimes. and it didnt happen until they worked on my car. also, my coolant is low but not dirty?
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12-16-2005, 12:38 PM
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Originally posted by pawzbear@Dec 5 2005, 08:51 PM
what? your just going to "turn off" the light? get the thing fixed. i thought that was the obvious answer.
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12-16-2005, 12:39 PM
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where my knickers at?
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My mom went 5 years with her car burning oil and the mechanics always said she'd be fine as long as she kept replacing the oil and didn't ever let it get low.
Not that you should let it go for 5 years, LOL.
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12-17-2005, 09:52 AM
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I would just keep an eye on the oil level an make sure that is it filled up.
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12-17-2005, 11:59 AM
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Oh and if the smoke is just gray your fine. But if it starts turning Blue, your motors going.
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12-17-2005, 12:10 PM
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its been blue a few times but mostly gray.
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12-17-2005, 12:13 PM
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what about running synthetic oil? thats what they do on Pimp My Ride.
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12-17-2005, 12:35 PM
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Originally posted by big punisher@Dec 17 2005, 12:13 PM
what about running synthetic oil? thats what they do on Pimp My Ride.
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probably not a good idea, especially for jackal. Its better to run a tri sythetic which is half oil half synthetic, then switch to a full synthetic.
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12-17-2005, 12:40 PM
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i used to run that half synthetic but as soon as i started burning it off i started using regular again.
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12-17-2005, 12:43 PM
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Burning oil is a symptom, not a disease. As I'm sure you know, it just means there's a leak somewhere that's letting oil get into the combustion chamber or somewhere else hot enough that it'll burn and end up in your exhaust. It can be nothing, it can be a big deal. As long as you keep the oil filled up, you won't seize your motor, which is #1 big problem that can happen. As far as whatever is leaking/not sealed right that's causing the oil to burn, if it hasn't caused any problems yet, you'll probably be alright for a while. Obviously you're taking a chance, but you gotta do what you gotta do. If you think someone else messed it up, call 'em up and see if they'll diagnose it for you free/cheap. They are liable if you can prove they screwed it up, but usually only for so many miles/days.
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12-17-2005, 01:05 PM
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I would just for the hell of it, do a compression check on each cylindar and see if any of them have low compression.
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12-17-2005, 03:33 PM
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yea i took it back to the shop that installed the manifolds like back in october and they said they fixed leak on the crank case :rolleyes: they didnt fix poop, just took $175 from me. i have yet to find a good mech around here.
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