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Old 07-26-2025, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
I doubt that my car needs a ring job, there is no smoke streaming out of the exhaust, and there is no evidence of a leak. The car runs fine. The mechanic who changed my oil was not at all surprised that a car would using that much oil. I thought that I didn't need to pay much attention to the oil level as long as I had regular oil changes and the oil light didn't come on. Apparently, this is no longer true. In the past, I have rarely added much oil to my vehicles, maybe one quart between oil changes.
Friendlyvillager noted it could be PVC system, iF valve bad it can suck oil into intake and it will be burned. It should throw code
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