1995 Ford Thunderbird Losing oil

1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD
100,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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RENRAN
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Every two weeks we have to add almost 2 qrts of oil. There is no signs of an oil leak, and no smoke to show oil burning. What could be wrong and where could the oil be going?
Mar 29, 2009 at 3:48 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

The oil can only go two places either on the ground via a leak or out the exhaust being burnt, now if there is no visible external leaks, it will be burning oil, check the plugs foe any carbon deposits this will indicate oil burning, check that there's no puff of smoke on cold start up, (valve stem seals( and have some one follow you for a drive and report any smoke on deceleration or power settings, start here.

Mark (mhpautos)
Mar 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM
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