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KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Wed, 23 February 2005 08:50
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Hey all,
My GF's car is using oil. There are no drips on the driveway, so my guess it's being burnt and expelled out the exhaust pipe.
What's causing this and how do we fix it?
I think it's the rings, but has anyone else had this problem?
Also, it's not a heap of oil being used... just enough for me to notice when i service it.
The engine has done 240000k's.
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October 2003
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Re: KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Wed, 23 February 2005 09:58
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change the rings and valve seals and guides but if you want a quick fix you could just pour in some oil stabilizer to thicken up the oil since the leak is only minor
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Wollongong
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January 2005
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Re: KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Wed, 23 February 2005 13:14
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| Moonbreaker wrote on Wed, 23 February 2005 20:58 |
if you want a quick fix you could just pour in some oil stabilizer to thicken up the oil since the leak is only minor
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Elaborate please. Brands? Price? Opinions?
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December 2004
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Re: KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 01:24
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my second ke70 uses oil.
supercheap $6 oil for like 4 litres
supercheap $10 stop smoke
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Re: KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 01:25
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you could try pennzoil or morey's the usually do the job. i'm guessing your girlfriend is not a go fast person so the tad bit of sluggishness from the thicker viscosity wouldnt bother her much. but there is a tendency for the pennzoil to overthicken your oil when cold so the oil rpessure is a tad bit high when your still not at running temp
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Wollongong
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January 2005
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Re: KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 02:37
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Thanks for the input fellas,
Her only complaint is "the car doesn't go up hills." haha
I put Castrol Magnatec 10w-40 in it, just because this oil claims "better start up protection" more than anything else. Seeing it's just her daily commuter car, i thought this was justified...
Might try some "stop smoke"... usually i don't, because usually little things in bottles are just a wank ( i believe in good maintainence, good fuel and good oil). But because this isn't my car, i might just shove some in and see what happens.
Thanks again!
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 05:19
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try some "oil for older cars".. 25/60? something like that.
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Re: KE70 using oil. Causes? Fixes?
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Thu, 24 February 2005 09:19
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man that stop smoke is the bomb... if i had enough money to just throw around thats all i'd run my car on
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but nah i bought some today. supercheap stop smoke is the bomb
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