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Maybe the HG's?

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#1 ·
Uhhh... my car's not leaking any oil yet it seems to be disappearing... burning off? I top it up... little while later the VMM reads that the oil is low... go check the dipstick and sure as hell the oil's low. I top it up and it stays like that for awhile... and eventually its low again... common w/ SC's? Or have my hg's gone? My dad says it could be the rings (guessing piston rings)? and not the hg's. I don't seem to be burning rich. A little bit of steam (maybe smoke... its white tho) in the morning or when the engine's just started after sitting for a couple hrs? Any input anyone? Thanks for any input
-Chris
 
#3 ·
The smoke, does it smell terrible? It's probably your oil burning off on your exhaust manifolds and catalytic converters. I would check to see if you have a huge leak somewhere around your lower intake. There or near the harmonic balancer. Anywhere that could let oil get on your headers.
 
#4 ·
ummmm.. coolant? Not sure what it looks like. The resovoir isn't ful enough for me to see it... i might open up the radiator and check it sometime this weekend if i can catch it cool. Otherwise i'm gonna climb under the car and see if there's any leaks. I heard it could be piston rings... valve covers... and sumthing else... can't think of it right now
{EDIT} Uhhh... it doesn't smell bad... i don't think? I didn't walk through it or walk up and smell it but it wasn't noticeable when driving or stopped at the store (while idling) when i was sitting in the car so it can't be THAT bad...
 
#8 ·
Me?! Pull the engine?! HA! I don't think i'd do that, actually i couldn't do that if i tried! Do you just keep an eye on your oil or did u sell the 5.0? I'll climb under there and check.. i wanna see what kind of exhaust i got on there anyways...I bought it (the sc w/ exhaust) and all he said was that it had an "After Market Stainless Steel" exhaust, and the only aftermarket stainless steel is Borla (from what I know) So i'm gonna climb under there and look for some stamps or anything... thanks for ur help, i'll let yea know how it goes... i'll do it over the weekend sometime... i don't have it right now.
 
#9 ·
The last owner of your car could have meant the MN12 Performance Stainless Steel ehxuast system, which is a stainless system from highflow cats back to the mufflers. MN12 Performance no longer sells that system. I have that system also.

I just made sure to watch my oil level and eventually I sold the 5.0.
 
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