Oil Burning Issue
08-06-2010, 10:46 AM
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Oil Burning Issue I am at about 45 percent on the Oil Life Monitor and my oil light came one, I proceeded to add 2 quarts. WTF... 
Car has never burned oil, but something of note did happen about 2 weeks ago. My brother borrowed my car and the heavens opened and we got insane rain here in Chicago. The front end got a "little" wet and that includes the possibility of ingesting some water. I was not there so I do not know the exact story, but I can tell you he did not try to drive through a giant lake he just got trapped nose first to one on the highway and no way to get away as the water rose.
But that is not the point... This morning after driving to work I did a white smoke test recommended to me by a friend, pulled the dipstick and I was sending smoke signals, oh joy.
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Car has never burned oil, but something of note did happen about 2 weeks ago. My brother borrowed my car and the heavens opened and we got insane rain here in Chicago. The front end got a "little" wet and that includes the possibility of ingesting some water. I was not there so I do not know the exact story, but I can tell you he did not try to drive through a giant lake he just got trapped nose first to one on the highway and no way to get away as the water rose.
But that is not the point... This morning after driving to work I did a white smoke test recommended to me by a friend, pulled the dipstick and I was sending smoke signals, oh joy.
Your thoughts please
08-06-2010, 11:21 AM
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08-06-2010, 11:45 AM
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Water will find its way into the crankcase. The same way the oil gets into the cylinder, water can get from the cylinder into the crankcase only the water is much thinner than the oil.
08-06-2010, 11:49 AM
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Ah so you are saying if it got ingested into the cylinder it "slid down the side" into the crankcase...
I gotcha... So now why would that cause the oil to burn off, at a more rapid pace...
I gotcha... So now why would that cause the oil to burn off, at a more rapid pace...
08-06-2010, 12:05 PM
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Oil might have got watered down, making it seep by more?
08-06-2010, 12:06 PM
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Dude from the looks of that picture I'd sure check into that lol. That stuff is DEEP.
Like AB guy is saying though, change the oil and check it out. it will literally look like a chocolate milkshake if it has water in it. If so you will need to change it a few times back to back to back. If it looks good you can rule out step #1 and have nice fresh oil.
I wouldn't worry so much about a hydro-lock unless it's way down on power and is starting to knock.
08-06-2010, 01:25 PM
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If you hydrolocked, you'd know it, but since the car isn't making any nasty noises or misfiring, I don't think you need to worry about THAT.
However, I agree with AG. You gotta make sure that there's no oil in the crankcase. I would do at least 3 oil changes in short succession and change the PCV valve.
However, I agree with AG. You gotta make sure that there's no oil in the crankcase. I would do at least 3 oil changes in short succession and change the PCV valve.
08-06-2010, 01:29 PM
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Car runs great, which is the weird part. He told me it was running a bit rough when it was sitting in the water, but barely noticeable.
LOL, no he was not floating, just waiting for traffic behind him to back up so he could.
I will do a change tomorrow morning, I do not drive a lot (less than 10k a year) so even though it was 2 weeks ago I have not put on many miles.
As an FYI I run Castrol Syntec Blend and AC Delco filters.
LOL, no he was not floating, just waiting for traffic behind him to back up so he could.
I will do a change tomorrow morning, I do not drive a lot (less than 10k a year) so even though it was 2 weeks ago I have not put on many miles.
As an FYI I run Castrol Syntec Blend and AC Delco filters.
08-06-2010, 01:53 PM
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I will, it will get drained first thing tomorrow, if I didn't have to work and didn't have a wedding rehearsal dinner it would get done sooner. I want to do it right now... I actually considered taking the day off of work to play with the car. But then I realized I should do a bit of research first.
