Still eating oil
Still eating oil I have a 2002 Camaro SS with around 50K miles.
Long story short a couple years ago, maybe 3, I noticed car was eating about 1 qt of oil every 1K miles or so. I tried to cure it by doing an LS6 valley conversion and PCV bypass. It has a MS4 (6.49 lift IIRC). The cam has been in the car for about 10 years now. There is no oil in the throttle body or anywhere out of place. There are also no leaks anywhere. I use various different types of oils, mainly synthetic. Could the cam be causing all this consumption? Is it something I will just have to live with? I appreciate any input or suggestions.
Long story short a couple years ago, maybe 3, I noticed car was eating about 1 qt of oil every 1K miles or so. I tried to cure it by doing an LS6 valley conversion and PCV bypass. It has a MS4 (6.49 lift IIRC). The cam has been in the car for about 10 years now. There is no oil in the throttle body or anywhere out of place. There are also no leaks anywhere. I use various different types of oils, mainly synthetic. Could the cam be causing all this consumption? Is it something I will just have to live with? I appreciate any input or suggestions.
Still eating oil Have you checked the valve seals? Does it smoke at all?
I go through about 1 qt every 1.5-2k, but mine is def coming from the pcv. Intake is absolutely coated with oil on mine.
I go through about 1 qt every 1.5-2k, but mine is def coming from the pcv. Intake is absolutely coated with oil on mine.
Would that also cause sluggish behavior at times? After driving it for 20 minutes or so it almost wants to stall. The car is set to idle at 950 rpms due to the cam. When it drops below that it will stall at times, especially if the AC is on.
There is no abnormal smoke from the exhaust. No oil on the plugs and none in the pcv valve. A very small amount from the intake as you can see on the paper towel.
I also forgo to mention I did swap the pcv with the fixed one or was it variable. I don't remember. Its the opposite of what was stock.
There is no abnormal smoke from the exhaust. No oil on the plugs and none in the pcv valve. A very small amount from the intake as you can see on the paper towel.
I also forgo to mention I did swap the pcv with the fixed one or was it variable. I don't remember. Its the opposite of what was stock.
Last edited by -=Modified=-; Mar 31, 2016 at 11:01 AM.
Still eating oil If you swapped it should have been to the fixed orifice unit. It made a little difference in mine, but not much.
As for the rings you can do a compression test and or a leak down test to confirm.
As for the rings you can do a compression test and or a leak down test to confirm.
