Specific TV engine question
My van is burning oil because of rings. It is slowly getting worse. I am now burning 1qt per two tanks of gas. It is too big a job and too expensive and not worth it to me to fix it at this point. Wha...
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Sport45 wrote:
For the most part, you'll just burn more oil. At some point it will plug or foul the catalytic converter. If fouled, you'll get a check engine light (CEL) because your downstream O2 sensor isn't seeing enough Oxygen consumed in the cat. If it's plugged you will slow to a crawl and wonder why you've run out of power. You could also get a CEL because of fouled sensors.
I've run cars that used a quart per tank and I just added oil since it was cheaper than an overhaul. But those didn't have anything in the exhaust but mufflers.
Are you sure it's rings? I'd suggest a compression test to tell for sure. A set of valve stem seals might help a lot if it's not.
I have one plug that fouls. Drivers side, third one back. I change it every 10-15 thousand miles when I develop a miss. Check engine light comes on occasionally. I put injector cleaner in the gas and run it down the hwy at 75mph for a hundred miles and it goes off at some point. Planning a 6000 mile road trip in the spring and hoping to nurse it through a couple more years.
