hi fellow oil heads,
i've got a question regarding my Dad's 2002 Dodge Caravan. the motor in there is a 3.3L V6 (what a pile of poop that engine is!)
anyways, it has been consuming massive amounts of oil lately. The car has about 130,000 KM on it now, which really isn't so high. I've been doing the oil changes myself using good filters (napa gold) and either mobil 1 or castrol syntec. more recently syntec. always 5W-30. so it has been consuming about 2.5 liters of oil every 4000 KM's for the last while, and it doesn't seem normal at all.
i was wondering if anyone knew if these engines are notorious for oil consumption or something? or if anyone might be able to suggest why it is consuming so much? also, what can be done to reduce consumption?
any help is much appreciated!
i've got a question regarding my Dad's 2002 Dodge Caravan. the motor in there is a 3.3L V6 (what a pile of poop that engine is!)
anyways, it has been consuming massive amounts of oil lately. The car has about 130,000 KM on it now, which really isn't so high. I've been doing the oil changes myself using good filters (napa gold) and either mobil 1 or castrol syntec. more recently syntec. always 5W-30. so it has been consuming about 2.5 liters of oil every 4000 KM's for the last while, and it doesn't seem normal at all.
i was wondering if anyone knew if these engines are notorious for oil consumption or something? or if anyone might be able to suggest why it is consuming so much? also, what can be done to reduce consumption?
any help is much appreciated!