A while back I noticed the oil light come one. Checked the oil and it barely registered on the dip stick.
I hadnt been paying attention to the time that had passed or mileage that had passed but it wasnt long.
After having some suspension and gearing work done I gave it an oil change and started clocking the miles.
I switched to 20w/50 to see if that would help the situation but I'm guessing it kinda a marginal difference at this point, but like I said I hadnt clocked it prior. Oh and this would be the second oil change since I purchased the truck. I have only had the truck for a year now.
Today I took the kid to the beach and needed to fill up so I decided to check the oil. The light wasnt on but it was way low.
So with in 700 miles it had burnt enough oil to need 2.5 quartz. Decided that I would make .5 of that Lucas high mileage oil additive.
Everything I have read is that it is not uncommon for the 22re to burn oil but obviously this is excessive.
Blue smoke on start up with a sooooooty exhaust pipe.
From what I read and the couple mechanics i talked to, Im thinking that its most likely the valve stem seats/seals. What says mud?
The truck now has 130000 miles on it. Maintenance records on the truck is lacking but it is super clean and I plan on keeping it for a long time hopefully.
Prior to realizing about the oil consumption I bought a timing kit because theres no record of that ever being done.
Looking for any experienced feed back on whether Valve stem seats are a thing best left to the pros or not.
As far as my experience goes on a 22re is Air plenum pulled and hot bathed, fuel injectors installed and flushing the cooling system.
The timing chain was going to be a new frontier for me.
Picture included because...
I hadnt been paying attention to the time that had passed or mileage that had passed but it wasnt long.
After having some suspension and gearing work done I gave it an oil change and started clocking the miles.
I switched to 20w/50 to see if that would help the situation but I'm guessing it kinda a marginal difference at this point, but like I said I hadnt clocked it prior. Oh and this would be the second oil change since I purchased the truck. I have only had the truck for a year now.
Today I took the kid to the beach and needed to fill up so I decided to check the oil. The light wasnt on but it was way low.
So with in 700 miles it had burnt enough oil to need 2.5 quartz. Decided that I would make .5 of that Lucas high mileage oil additive.
Everything I have read is that it is not uncommon for the 22re to burn oil but obviously this is excessive.
Blue smoke on start up with a sooooooty exhaust pipe.
From what I read and the couple mechanics i talked to, Im thinking that its most likely the valve stem seats/seals. What says mud?
The truck now has 130000 miles on it. Maintenance records on the truck is lacking but it is super clean and I plan on keeping it for a long time hopefully.
Prior to realizing about the oil consumption I bought a timing kit because theres no record of that ever being done.
Looking for any experienced feed back on whether Valve stem seats are a thing best left to the pros or not.
As far as my experience goes on a 22re is Air plenum pulled and hot bathed, fuel injectors installed and flushing the cooling system.
The timing chain was going to be a new frontier for me.
Picture included because...
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