High mileage 10W30 Castrol or Pennzoil is different than other 10W30 (And the other brands High Mileage I've tried run like regular 10W30) Seals up great after about a week of driving, and apart from topping up the first week or so until it runs in, it might not need a top up on 6 months 5000 mile changes. It's honestly like a new motor with it. Even 20W50 was using a quart every 1000 for me before. It's double the price of regular per jug but long run it works out same or cheaper.
DD1: '02 T&C Ltd, 3.8 AWD. DD2: '15 Versa Note SV, replacing.. DDx: '14 Versa Note SV << freshly killded :( ....... Projects: '88 Voyager 3.0, Auto with shift kit, timing advance, walker sound FX muffler on 15" pumpers wrapped in 215/65/R15 H rated Nexens.... and a '95 phord escort wagon PnP head << Both may need to go :( ..... I like 3.0s ... so??? ... stop looking at me like I've got two heads!
I recently swapped the heads on my '89 motor to 2000 heads but I'm getting blue smoke at idle which is pissing me off! I didn't replace the valve guide seals before installing my heads and I'm starting starting to wish that I did! I only get smoke at a hot idle and then a blue cloud when I pull away from idle. After the oil burns off I don't get any smoke until I idle again. I have the PCV disconnected to make sure that it's not the source.
Anyone have any ideas? Should I bite the bullet and replace the seals with the heads on the motor? Kind of a pain in the --- but I don't want to be burning oil. Kind of embarrassing!
Hey, just a thought, don't know if I mentioned it yet, but try the high mileage oil, it really stops that.
DD1: '02 T&C Ltd, 3.8 AWD. DD2: '15 Versa Note SV, replacing.. DDx: '14 Versa Note SV << freshly killded :( ....... Projects: '88 Voyager 3.0, Auto with shift kit, timing advance, walker sound FX muffler on 15" pumpers wrapped in 215/65/R15 H rated Nexens.... and a '95 phord escort wagon PnP head << Both may need to go :( ..... I like 3.0s ... so??? ... stop looking at me like I've got two heads!
I might give the oil a try. I'm currently running Castrol 5W20.
Only burning in reverse could be the oil sloshing the opposite way it normally does and finding somewhere to leak into the cylinders (valve seal, guide, PCV etc).
Yes that was my original thought about the baffles being flawed. I read somewhere that the valve cover baffles didn't drain properly on certain year model. I can't remember where though. It has been doing much better since I changed the pcv line. I bought the cover gaskets, but have not had time to change them. Things have gotten crazy on the home front lately.Originally Posted by Force Fed Mopar
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