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Old 10-26-2011, 07:02 PM
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Question narrowing down oil loss

My car has a low oil light but I cant seem to figure out where it is being lost. There is not a single drop of oil on anything in/under the engine bay and I did an oil change about a month and a half ago. The rebuild in the car only has 7k miles on it. Car has headers, cam, exhaust, custom forged ls6,ect. I am wondering where to go from here to narrowing down the problem. I am assuming this cant be good. The car has a catch can setup. Is this a deffinite problem or is it okay to continue driving and just fill the oil back up? For what it is worth I have an engine code for a high idle which I replaced the tps and cleaned the IAC and did not fix the problem. thanks IA!
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Is there oil on the inside of:
- intake manifold...?
- inside of the PCV plumbing...?

How much oil do you find in the catchcan...?
Old 10-27-2011, 07:35 PM
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How much oil do you lose over what amount of time?
Do you mash the pedal frequently?
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I've always had to add oil to my car between changes. It's preety common with the LS1.




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