Loss of Oil

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Some good stuff but I have to totally disagree with what they say about leaks (that an almost unnoticeable leak can account for significant oil loss). I have a Volvo that leaks like the Exxon Valdez and I add maybe a quart every 4000 miles.

Yeah, it goes out the tailpipe.

If the car has done this since it was new, you should have taken it back while still under warranty to be fixed.

You should have an oil analysis done on your 4000 mile old oil. You might be suprised to find out exactly what is in your crankcase after

Ed White

I brought my 95 Saturn in time and time again and they gave me the old song and dance. Now it's too late. Mine is doing the same thing. Tara email me about this to compare notes. snipped-for-privacy@rogers.com

I assume that the tractor was filling the crankcase with gas (diesel?) from running rich/badly. I am pretty sure that the Volvo isn't running rich. The fuel injection is in good shape and it runs clean and strong. Also, it never uses any coolant.

Besides, if you believe the previously cited links, it would have to be 100% gasoline in the crankcase by the time I change it after 6000 miles. I never notice any gasoline smell when checking or changing the oil. Mfr recommends changing every 10K BTW.

maybe, maybe not. My local dealer ate half the cost of an engine rebuild on my '93 SL at 120K miles after I pointed out that I'd consistently identified to them increasing oil consumption as a problem since about 40-50K. The car was using 1 qt/500 miles at the time of rebuild.

From a number of people's experiences, it seems a lot of oil consumption problems on Saturn 1.9L engines are due to stuck rings. A number of people have reported good results from the procedure described here: