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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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i have just over 100k miles on my car and i normally burn through a little over a qt and a half btw 3k mile oil changes! I changed my oil about 3 weeks ago and took off my catch can. All i did was drive back and fourth to work pretty much and when i checked my oil yesturday it had burned like almost 3 qts! Anyone have any idea what could of caused this! Catch can? pcv? any help would be great? thanks fellas
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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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Changing the pcv is cheap and is always a good idea. Past that I would look for obvious leaks or run compression and leak down checks.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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Your exhaust tips must look black as hell and the rear bumper too.
The car was probably creating a smoke screen.

Did you put enough in when you changed it?

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