In the Heads? What's he talking about? The heads contain the valves. If you had a leak in this area you would see it around the valve COVER seals. I doubt you have that.
Your oil consumption is negligible, but if it is at all measureable, it could be the result of checking the dipstick too quickly after stopping the engine. Whenever I have seen true oil consumption it has been as a result of worn piston rings, and they are NOT in the heads. They are in the block. Under compression a condition known as BLOW BY would occur, which is exactly as it sounds. Air, and with it minute amounts of gas and oil would be forced past the piston rings, which normally hold it back. This condition often occurs in all pistons of older worn out engines, but could occur in newer engines if only one piston ring was bad. Truth is, this condition does occur to some small degree in many cars on the road, but it's never anything to worry about. That's my advice. Don't let it worry you. Check it periodically, and put some in if it needs it. I've owned 20 cars, and that's been my practice with every one of them. For the rest of you, I will say this: I never need to add oil in between my Sebring's 5,000 mile oil changes. -Craig --- Pammie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > do you know where your engine was made??? usa or > canada...I am curious about this now... > especially after hearing someone has a 2.7 with that > many miles and it is doing good. > > how many miles should be on the car for your first > tranny service?? is that transmittion flush and new > fluid or what??? I bet I need to get my book out...I > probably need that,. BUT as far as my oil goes I > have been faithful too and still have oil problems. > I take it tomorrow for the 3rd and last test on the > oil. My brother n law wanted to look at my car on > Easter... he said I was down about a half a qt. That > would be over a 500 mile period. No oil leaking from > anywhere. He says it is the heads.....???? > ~Pam~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe V > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 2:38 PM > Subject: Re: [dodge_intrepid] Re: 2.7 vs. 3.3 > > > Well, I have a 2000 Intrepid with the 2.7 and have > 119,000 on it. Not one problem so far. I change the > oil every 3000 miles and have the tranny, etc > serviced regularly. > > ~Pammies E-Mail~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: My x who is a dodge lover said the 2.7 was > made in the states and Canada also. NOT all 2.7 are > junk...he is wondering if one of these makers has > the bad and the other the good???? > What do you all think?? > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
