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- From: golder@titan.ppd.kodak.com (Patrick Golder)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: What is the resonable oil comsumption?
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- Date: 5 Jan 93 13:52:52 GMT
- References: <8837@orbit.cts.com> <1992Dec30.154753.13635@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Dec30.194333.24745@osf.org> <1993Jan5.021818.11839@tandem.com>
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- |> In article <1992Dec30.194333.24745@osf.org>, kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- |> |> I've got a turbocharged Ford 2.3L I4 that seems to use a lot of oil, I
- |> |> haven't measured it, but I'd figure about a qt. every Kmi or so (I've got
- |> |> a nice light that tells me when I'm down a quart). I've always attributed
- |> |> this to my habit of slowing with the transmission (== high rpm downshifts,
- |> |> which == lotsa vacuum, which == oil sucked down the valve guides). My plug
- |> |> thread ends have some burnt oil on them, but the tips and electrodes are
- |> |> *always* clean ('cuz I drive like Bobby Rahal- no fouling here :-), and
- |> |> there's no oil smoke on startup or grease in the pipe, either.
- |> |>
- |> |> Anyone else with this experience?
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- I have a Ford turbo 2.3 also. Like yours, mine uses about 1 quart per
- 1000 miles. I don't think you can consider this excessive for a turbo
- engine. The turbo is hard on the oil & I think you have to expect
- higher consumption than in a non-turbo engine. As long as it's not
- getting any worse, just keep the level up, change it frequently, & don't
- worry about it.
-