oil consumption

[Peter Dunn]

I would like to know if anybody out there is having any problems with oil consumption. Just got back from Lake George and burned up a whole quart. My truck 2001 SLT quad cab with all the bells and whistles. I have been changing my oil faithfully every 3500 miles with Rotella T 15W 40. this is the first time it has burned any oil between changes. Yes I use the stratapore lf 3894 oil filter. I get everything from geno's. thanks Pete. ps the plug n power works great. Sorry I forgot the miles are 20,220 the truck really did not get good untill about 14,000. I forgot to mention that I do tow a TT 25 foot coachmen fully loaded it is about 6000 lbs. I also forgot to mention that I let my wife drive it home today it was her first time a little hard on it.

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Pete,



How many miles on your truck. Its probably not fully broken it yet.

 

[Bob Cochran]

Almost 19,000 and change every 3750 and has never used enough oil to cause me to add any. Way less than a guart between changes. The blow by bottle only had maybe an 1/8 inch of oil in it. Unless you are driving really hard towing or something I think you may have a problem. Only other person that had a problem was a guy doing survey work he would drive down grade so steep it woudl run out the blow by!!!!

 

[Runaway]

Engine needs to break in

Just tipping 17K and this will be the first oil change that I haven't used any oil. Took about three oil changes to settle the ETH in, was the same for the 99 I had also. Using the Rotella T and same oil filter as you.

 

[Deezul1]

My 97 has 137,000 and uses no oil between changes

 

[DHess]

My '99 didn't us any oil until I hit the 27,000 mile mark. Now I see the level on the dip stick start to drop after about 1,000 miles after oil change and I'm down a quart by the 1700 mile mark. Now have 37,000 miles on the rig. Use Premium Blue and 3894 filter. Change oil every 2,000 - 2,500 miles. Have not done any hard pulling and don't let it idle much. Not looking forward to having a dealer look at it.

 

[EMDDIESEL]

I added oil once in 17miles on my 01' And that was around 12k miles.

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Pete,



You didn't check the oil level right after shut down? Let it sit overnight to get an accurate reading. Oil drain back is slow on these trucks.

 

[Partyat33]

I am still using quite a bit of oil. I am not much of a mechanic so I have not figured out where it goes. Its not in the bottle and I took it to the dealer (dorks) and they only found a transmission leak.



I am going to start monitoring it more closely.



Dennis