Ouch, my 6 with tons of blowby did barely over that. It was burning about
1.25 qt per 3000 miles.
Chris
>Dude, you're just fine, 1 quart aint bad.....
>
>
>
>TJ
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dirt Rider" <drt-rdr@worldnet.att.net>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 5:05 PM
>Subject: DML: Oil Consumption
>
>
> > Howdy folks, I'm usually a list lurker, but I'm just about to run out of
>the
> > extended warranty on my truck. In 3000 miles, she'll have 100k.
> > So anyway, it's a 98 4wd cc wth a 5.2 and an auto trans. I've been running
> > synthetic since the 6000 mile oil change and changing it between 3000 and
> > 4000 miles. I've noticed at the 3000 mile mark, I'm about a quart low. Is
> > this acceptable consumption for a motor with this many miles on it. It's
>not
> > leaking out and I assume it's burning slow enough to not cause any smoke.
> >
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