I'd look for other causes of the oil consumprion before I dove into the 318.
The magnum heads use a positive valve stem seal, and I'd be VERY suprised
that it was using oil through the heads. Rings maybe, but doubtful on the
heads. It could be a bad belly pan gasket, or bad intake gasket sucking oil
in through the lifter valley. I'd look into it a little deeper before I tore
deep into the engine or looked into swapping in a 360. My 1996 has 108,250
miles on it and uses no oil (yet).
Luke
1996 Black 4x4 Dakota, SLT CC SB, 318, 3" 2 Chamber Flowmaster cat back
exhaust, 9" open element Mr. Gasket Air cleaner, 52mm Ported TB, 3923
Autolites, A-518 / 46RE, 3.55 geared Peg Leg 8 1/4, 31x10.50 BFG Mud
Terrains, Alpine CD player, Infinity Kappa Speakers.
Coming soon: E-Body 8 3/4" Rear axle, 3.55 gears, Detroit locker, 10" Brakes,
and Moser Engineering custom alloy axles!
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