OIL Question

[f5fstop]

First, let's be honest, ALL internal combustion engines burn some oil. If they did not burn oil, the rings would be sliding up and down on dry cylinder walls. It should not be noticeable, on the dipstick, being that over about 6K miles it equates to about 1/16 of a quart.
Second, the oil filter contains more oil than you believe, even after you drain it. In TN, we had a hydraulic oil filter compressor that squeezed the oil filter down to about 1/2 inch in height, about 1/4 of a quart would be squeezed out from the filter media.
Third, there is some oil left in the engine that will not drain out. There are valleys and nooks where oil lays, as well as the bottom of the oil pan. How much, I'm not sure.
Fourth, when someone adds six quarts of oil to the engine, possibly a sixteenth was left in the oil containers. As you know, it appears these puppies will drip forever.
Desert Dan has the correct answer...watch your oil as you drive over a period of time.

[marin8703]

thanks, its probably nothing. but i'll keep an eye on it just to make sure.

[2xtreme]

Don't feel bad I am STILL undergoing oil consumption tests my 4th one now. After 1500 mi I was 2qts low, now they want me to go 2500 mi to see how low it gets. I have had the head replaced once, cam cover gasket replaced, and some resinator filter replaced. It doesn't leak oil it burns it. Now that tells me there is something wrong with the rings or something in the lower part of the engine but you can't tell them that, it wasn't there idea. I currently have 17,200 mi on it and will have owned it 2 yrs in Aug. Does anyone have a of contact number for GM so I can try to resolve this issue, it's getting kind of old.

[fourfourto]

I changed my oil today and I let the container sit in the funnel 30 seconds.
I then cut the face on the container off(to dbl side tape under the hood so regular oil is never added see pic).

Look how much oil was left in there.

F5 on the ball again

[fourfourto]

I used the H3 of a H3 recovery team sticker I got on Ebay.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hummer-H2-H3-Recovery-Team-Decal-Decals-Stickers-Jeep_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6755QQihZ020QQitem Z300111387706QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
Link to install

http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5167&page=8&highlight=masterflow+ compressor


I used the recovery team above my rear hook.

[stagger_lee]

Hey Marin. This might be a stupid question, but when you initially changed your oil, and obviously you check your dipstick to see if the levels are good before you close everything up right? Now did you start the engine to circulate the oil through the filter and then check levels again? I was just thinking that if yoiu didn't do so then you might have seen it full before that and not seen the .25-.5 of a quart lossed into the filter upon start up, as F5 stated, if you didnt check it again after initial start up. Maye it ran 6,000 miles or whatever a .25 quart low and you didnt realize it till you changed it.

[Huck BB62]

Git some! http://www.hansenglobalinc.com/oil_saver.html

[marin8703]

Originally Posted by stagger_lee

Hey Marin. This might be a stupid question, but when you initially changed your oil, and obviously you check your dipstick to see if the levels are good before you close everything up right? Now did you start the engine to circulate the oil through the filter and then check levels again? I was just thinking that if yoiu didn't do so then you might have seen it full before that and not seen the .25-.5 of a quart lossed into the filter upon start up, as F5 stated, if you didnt check it again after initial start up. Maye it ran 6,000 miles or whatever a .25 quart low and you didnt realize it till you changed it.

that might be a possibility.

Huck i never seen one of those before. do you use it? if you do do you get quite a bit back?