The front crossmember of the frame is always wet with shiny oil, suggesting oil is leaking somewhere, however there is never any oil dripping. I have my own concrete parking space with no stains. I never get around to lifting the front and inspecting underneath.
But the oil consumption is real, very real.
The worse I measured it was one quart per 1000 miles.
Now the oil consumption is absolutely zero. Not a drop.
What could it be?
Yes I'm measuring the oil right. I've drained and changed it several times now.
I'm thinking some pops out when I push the engine hard, or perhaps some gets past piston rings at higher RPM, but this doesn't explain why the consumption has totally halted.
I also checked some of the forward spark plugs and damn, they are original and clean.
The factory dialectric grease on the boots its crystaline from the 90s, and the blue printing on the OEM plugs looks like an older, larger font. Like something from the 80s/90s
Totally clean. And the exaust smells like hot steam after she warms up, like immaculate catalytic converter would.
I'm happy
But the oil consumption is real, very real.
The worse I measured it was one quart per 1000 miles.
Now the oil consumption is absolutely zero. Not a drop.
What could it be?
Yes I'm measuring the oil right. I've drained and changed it several times now.
I'm thinking some pops out when I push the engine hard, or perhaps some gets past piston rings at higher RPM, but this doesn't explain why the consumption has totally halted.
I also checked some of the forward spark plugs and damn, they are original and clean.
The factory dialectric grease on the boots its crystaline from the 90s, and the blue printing on the OEM plugs looks like an older, larger font. Like something from the 80s/90s
Totally clean. And the exaust smells like hot steam after she warms up, like immaculate catalytic converter would.
I'm happy