On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Peter Frederick wrote: > Funny, neither of the two 603's my brother and I have USE any oil, and > he has fixed the leak on his (chain tensioner). Until the head gasket > went on mine (or the head, definitive diagnosis awaiting a tool), mine > routinely used little or no oil between 6000 mile changes of Mobil 1.
Are either of them the 603.97x engines? (aka the 3.5L rodbenders) The 603.96x's are rock solid. The 97's are a money pit (although I have seen ONE example that allegedly does NOT burn (crankcase) oil. If I wanted to split hares I could be a smart-aleck and point out that diesel fuel is technically an oil, but I know we mean crankcase stuff ;) -j.
