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Re: Oil consumption in 2001 Dodge 4.7 engineI have
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dogdays
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One possible answer is that with use the oil's viscosity index additives are shearing down, resulting in oil that has less than stock viscosity at operating temperatures.
This happens a lot more with petroleum oils as they require much more of the VI improver to flatten the viscosity x temperature curve.
A good synthetic might help this issue.
A way to check would be an oil test.
R.
Last edited by dogdays; 10/03/16 03:31 PM.
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Re: Oil consumption in 2001 Dodge 4.7 engineI have
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10/03/16 06:28 PM
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Chris2581
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My 02 quad cab with 4.7 called for 10w30 oil. After 9000 miles I switched to 15w40.Ran it that way until I traded it in with 205K on it. It was just then starting to use about a quart between oil changes... 4-5000 miles.
Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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