Mike Farish
Registered User
I was introduced to your club today at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. Met some super guys and asked some questions about the dilema with my Coupe. I am currently consuming a qt of oil every 500 miles!! It's a 95 auto with 45K miles. I bought it new. At 23K miles I sold it to my 26 year old son who needed a late model car to replace his. I never used oil up until I sold it to him and always changed it at 3K miles (Castrol). He owned it for 15 months and put 20K miles on it. He had it serviced at a local Goodyear shop. When I bought it back (he wanted a 4 door vehicle and I knew he'd take a beating if he traded it in) I noticed black oil barely on the stick. He said he had it changed 800 miles ago?? I obviously decided to change the oil and much to my surprise the drain plug was on so tight I couldn't get it off and the plug was mostly rounded off. I ended up taking the car to this Goodyear shop and talked to the Mgr. He said the last time it was in, my son told him to just add some oil. I had him change my oil and filter and replace the drain plug. He said the car uses oil and he has been putting 20W50 in it to see if it would help??? I couldn't believe he did this. Anyway my son to this day claims he never knew it used oil and anytime he took it to this place it was just to replace the oil and always around 3K miles. To date I have had a Bilstein oil engine flush done at dealership, replaced the PVC valve and changed the oil every 1500 miles. The tailpipe has oily residue, don't see anything around the engine block but of course it's tight in there. Occasionally I smell oil under moderate acceleration with the a/c or heat on after initial start-up.
What's most likely my problem and where do you suggest I have it fixed? I just don't know if I trust turning this over to just anybody at a dealership.
I'm looking forward to responses from anyone who is real confident of what my problem is and how it may have happened.
Thanks in advance..
Mike
What's most likely my problem and where do you suggest I have it fixed? I just don't know if I trust turning this over to just anybody at a dealership.
I'm looking forward to responses from anyone who is real confident of what my problem is and how it may have happened.
Thanks in advance..
Mike