Thursday, January 7, 2010

My car looses oil every 1 month. What seems to be the problem?

It depends. How many miles are on your car? On higher mileage engines, the rings, gaskets or valve seals can leak. If this is the cause, you might see a puff of smoke from your exhaust pipe when you first start your car. These items would be pretty expensive to fix and it might be cheaper to just keep adding oil. If the engine is pretty high mileage, you might try adding either ring-seal or other seal restoring product to your oil. These are sold at all auto parts stores.





If a gasket is leaking you might see oil drops on the pavement below the car, or thick black deposits on the outside of your engine. Replacing gaskets would be cheaper then internal engine work.





Some cars do burn small amounts of oil, usually European, but a domestic or Japanese car shouldn't.My car looses oil every 1 month. What seems to be the problem?
Did you know that according to user's manual normal oil consumption is ';1 quart per 1000 miles or more';? No kidding. BTW, conusmption is measured in oil volume per distance (usually 1000 mi) rather than time units.My car looses oil every 1 month. What seems to be the problem?
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what kind of car do you have? some cars naturally eat oil. Look at the BMW M5 for instance. Every E39 owner drives around with an extra court in hand.

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