hi i have a 96 12v manual truck has the fuel plate removed stock exhaust cut part way under the truck i have no guages truck only has 109k owned it a few months ive been beating on it pretty good whatever is broken is surely my fault the truck has been slowly burning more and more oil i check it every week just drove to ny towing a boat 250mile trip 200 miles in saw white smoke coming from under truck pulled over all guages were ok shut it down boats absolutely covered in oil as well as truck puffing white smoke out of vent tube no oil on stick and blowing oil out of dipstick tube topped off the oil truck took a bit to start now runs fine but gives some good smoke when starting cold and knocking no matter the temp i drove it back checking the oil the entire time doing about 70 on the highway at 2500rpms lost 6 quarts on the ride back any in put greatly apreciated taking a boroscope home tn and checking cylinders