AutoEducation.com Car Blog » Oil & Lubrication https://www.autoeducation.com/blog Helping you learn more about your car. Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:09:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Excessive Oil Consumption? https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/engine/excessive-oil-consumption/ https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/engine/excessive-oil-consumption/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:40:09 +0000 http://www.cyberfoundry.com/ae/blog/engine/excessive-oil-consumption/ Question: I have a 1999 Honda Civic LX, and beginning about two oil changes ago, at the end of the last winter, my vehicle has been draining less oil than it should be. According to every oil change i have done in the past and the manual my vehicle is supposed to drain and then […]

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]]> https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/engine/excessive-oil-consumption/feed/ 0 Valve Seals 2000 Toyota Camry https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/engine/valve-seals-2000-toyota-camry/ https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/engine/valve-seals-2000-toyota-camry/#comments Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:41:50 +0000 http://www.cyberfoundry.com/ae/blog/item/337/ Question: Just purchased (July) 2000 Toyota Camry from Toyota dealer.  The 3 mo. warranty doesn’t cover valve seals.  Car has 130,000 miles, runs well, very happy with it otherwise.  When it starts there is some smoke, doesn’t do it once car has run a minute even with start stops for errands.  Smoke is white to […]

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]]> https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/oil/oil-change-disaster/feed/ 0 Valve Seal Replacement https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/engine/valve-seal-replacement/ https://www.autoeducation.com/blog/engine/valve-seal-replacement/#comments Fri, 05 May 2006 09:24:39 +0000 http://335623004 Question: There’s a good chance I have to replace my valve seals on my ’98 Jeep GC – 5.9 since I am using up 5 qts of oil in about 4-5 mos, no leaks nor smoke except at start-up. How much damage am I causing by not repairing it ASAP ? How much does a […]

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