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Burning Oil Somewhere. Where to Start Looking?

Old 08-24-2016, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by the01kingranch
Huh. So let me get this straight. You think burning oil could be caused because of ethanol?
Ethanol free is all over where I'm from. I can get it in 87 or 93. Come to think of it, I think I swapped my pcv valve around the same time I quit running 93 ethanol free.... I happened to fill up this time with 93 and switched my tune over for ****s and giggles.
Just a hunch, when the seat get bad. Ethanol is hard on the seats in particular. I'm 100% positive with that one and know that new seats where developed to handle it. That's the fact I'm driving from. I guess burning or using more than the ordinary. I expect quite a few are running inferior PCV valves as well, - that's been an epidemic for years with the modulars.

Yea man, I just did a search in my area and can't find a station that's heebeegeebee free., I'm in Howell MI 48843.
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
Just a hunch, when the seat get bad. Ethanol is hard on the seats in particular. I'm 100% positive with that one and know that new seats where developed to handle it. That's the fact I'm driving from. I guess burning or using more than the ordinary. I expect quite a few are running inferior PCV valves as well, - that's been an epidemic for years with the modulars.

Yea man, I just did a search in my area and can't find a station that's heebeegeebee free., I'm in Howell MI 48843.
I'm in north east Arkansas 72404. I can get 93 octane with none at a local murphys in a wallmart parking lot. And I can get 87 at a Exxon
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Originally Posted by the01kingranch
I think I'm getting a bit of smoke on startup. About a quart every 1k. Depending on how hard I'm on the throttle.
My screw 5.4 has puffed a little cloud on startup since 60k and it's running great at 197k. Also burns about a quart every 3k miles.
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Yea man, I just did a search in my area and can't find a station that's heebeegeebee free., I'm in Howell MI 48843.
The Sonoco at 4525 E Grand River has 89 ethanol free.
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Originally Posted by Anthony Kadzban
My screw 5.4 has puffed a little cloud on startup since 60k and it's running great at 197k. Also burns about a quart every 3k miles.
Mines burning a lot more than that.


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