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Old 01-14-2013, 05:44 AM
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I bought car about 2 months ago and was consuming oil badly. I then read about the pcv valve fix and changed it. I was using penzoil plantium sythnetic 5w 30. I just switched to Mobil 1 0w 40 European formula which is way better then us crap. My car has not consumed a drop of oil in 600 miles. Before was consuming almost 1 quart 1k miles. I am very happy so far. this thread is for people who bought there cars like me resently. I am still considering a catch can cause it is still early but things look promosing. Im not sure if it was the change of oil and pcv valve or one or the other cause I changed oil and valve around same time.
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I have a catch can (not installed yet), and was going to switch over to the LS6 PCV system. - But this sounds like another good way to have it work as well
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I just switched to Mobil 1 0w 40 European formula which is way better then us crap.
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how much oil was it consuming general motors is 1 quart every 2k miles.
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Is was almost 1 quart 1000 miles about
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I heard ls6 mod helped some and others didnt. I know it is early but the new pcv valve the one with small pin hole helps



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