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Oil consumption normal. Using non-synthetic?? n/m 850

posted by  Dick in Falls Church on  Thu Oct 30 06:02 CST 2003
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The brown you see on the dipstick is likely the deposits left by the oil.
Inside your valve cover would likely be even worse.

Some of the oil boils off, and the fumes condense and leave the deposits. This also accounts for some of the oil consumption.






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