Originally Posted by DoubleNickels
Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis
PCV Valve?
Coolant Flush?
Air Filters?
Is the car overheating? Does it have grille shutters, and if so are they stuck closed?
I'd look over the cooling system, change pcv valve, flush the Dexcool and replace, and check the airfilters.
With the oil burning, I'd probably look at the spark plugs too, possibly replacing those.
After that I'd find a HM 5w30 in any flavor, is Maxlife Dexos Approved?
It's not even his car. Girlfriend's car. And she's getting another.
Uhhuh.
My girlfriends Fiesta was constantly overheating which lead to oil consumption.
A quick check over the engine I found that the Chevy dealer she bought it from dumped the Ford yellow and put in dexcool, the pcv was clogged, grill shutters were lodged shut and the autolite spark plugs werent changed in over 70k mi
About 50$ later, and a few hours of driving with vinegar to flush the coolant system (shoulda seen the gunk that came out when we flushed that to put the coolant in), I replaced the antifreeze, pcv valve, spark plugs, pcv valve, air filter, and changed the oil to QS Defy - also removing the active shutter system.
We just changed her oil after 5k mileage on the defy. what was once 1qt burning every 1000mi is now gone, the car runs cooler and burns zero oil, shes on this QSUD fill now with zero burning or overheating issues.
Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis
PCV Valve?
Coolant Flush?
Air Filters?
Is the car overheating? Does it have grille shutters, and if so are they stuck closed?
I'd look over the cooling system, change pcv valve, flush the Dexcool and replace, and check the airfilters.
With the oil burning, I'd probably look at the spark plugs too, possibly replacing those.
After that I'd find a HM 5w30 in any flavor, is Maxlife Dexos Approved?
It's not even his car. Girlfriend's car. And she's getting another.
Uhhuh.
My girlfriends Fiesta was constantly overheating which lead to oil consumption.
A quick check over the engine I found that the Chevy dealer she bought it from dumped the Ford yellow and put in dexcool, the pcv was clogged, grill shutters were lodged shut and the autolite spark plugs werent changed in over 70k mi
About 50$ later, and a few hours of driving with vinegar to flush the coolant system (shoulda seen the gunk that came out when we flushed that to put the coolant in), I replaced the antifreeze, pcv valve, spark plugs, pcv valve, air filter, and changed the oil to QS Defy - also removing the active shutter system.
We just changed her oil after 5k mileage on the defy. what was once 1qt burning every 1000mi is now gone, the car runs cooler and burns zero oil, shes on this QSUD fill now with zero burning or overheating issues.
