A buddy of mine and I pulled the valve cover off yesterday to see if any adjustments needed to be made. While in there we noticed a fair amount of oil pooling near the front of the engine. Is this considered normal?
My truck consumes almost no oil at low speeds, but really starts to gulp it when driving for prolonged periods of time at high speeds. To put that in perspective, an 80 mile trip at ~70mph will consume half a quart (or about halfway between the F and E marks on the dipstick). There is no blowby, no smoky exhaust, and no other real signs of a major issue other than some rattling i've spent the last 4 years trying to track down. I've been told it could be the oil restrictor, which may have gone missing when the head was taken off several years ago. Any other ideas?
My truck consumes almost no oil at low speeds, but really starts to gulp it when driving for prolonged periods of time at high speeds. To put that in perspective, an 80 mile trip at ~70mph will consume half a quart (or about halfway between the F and E marks on the dipstick). There is no blowby, no smoky exhaust, and no other real signs of a major issue other than some rattling i've spent the last 4 years trying to track down. I've been told it could be the oil restrictor, which may have gone missing when the head was taken off several years ago. Any other ideas?