Car Advice (51)
bourbon: Better than blowing a head gasket.
my car isnt smoking so I doubt its close to blowing a headgasket
blondeaozichick: my car isnt smoking so I doubt its close to blowing a headgasket
You'll blow a head gasket if you do end up blowing a head gasket.
If you don't want to blow into the hose... get one of your boys to do it for you...
Or take it to a radiator specialist and get them to fix whatever is wrong.
bourbon: Take the hose off and blow through it... if you can't, then it's blocked.
surely if I take it off I will be able to see if its blocked without having to blow into it
blondeaozichick: surely if I take it off I will be able to see if its blocked without having to blow into it
Small diameter flexible hose about a metre long... if you think you can hold is straight enough to see through it... go right ahead.
Tyres are consumables and unless one of them blows out prematurely you have to buy new ones but shop around. I have saved $200.00 by comparing prices and not blindly replacing what was on before.
Getting $2000 out of a car dealer is pretty good going.
BUT ... is the motor actually using EXCESS oil? Before the advent of unleaded petrol cars in pristene condition burnt very little oil in their combustion chambers. Most of it came from the oil breather piped into the inlet manifold. When they did burn excess it blackened the exhaust but many cars ran for years with a little puff of black smoke when they throttled on. Now we are running unleaded the engine oil has to do the lubication between the cylinder wall and piston rings. Modern cars are actually designed to burn a little oil. Depending on driving conditions ... ie Hard acceleration versus gentle acceleration, city driving versus country driving ... The amount of oil consumption can vary widely.
So this was something that the government didn't tell us when they decreed that we would move to unleaded fueled cars.
1. You will use more oil.
2. You won't get as good ecconomy due to the lowering of Octane rating.
3. You won't get a discount for the lower performance fuel and the oil companies will push 91 Octane fuel where they were selling 93 octane before.
4. Eco-Petrol (petrol with added ethanol ... wood alcohol) raises the octane rating of unleaded petrol. 93 octane was raised to about 95 or 96 octane when ethanol was first introduced. Fuel companies are now selling 91 octane with 10% ethanol added. That means that the octane rating of the original fuel is somewhere around 87. That was what you used to run your side valve lawn mower on in the 1970s.
The point is you may not be using excessive oil. But finding out is difficult because no one wants to admit that they are using engine oil to lubricate what lead was doing before.
You have got some detailed replies and I am only an electrician with mechanics for brothers. Some of the previous repliers may know more than me.
Getting $2000 out of a car dealer is pretty good going.
BUT ... is the motor actually using EXCESS oil? Before the advent of unleaded petrol cars in pristene condition burnt very little oil in their combustion chambers. Most of it came from the oil breather piped into the inlet manifold. When they did burn excess it blackened the exhaust but many cars ran for years with a little puff of black smoke when they throttled on. Now we are running unleaded the engine oil has to do the lubication between the cylinder wall and piston rings. Modern cars are actually designed to burn a little oil. Depending on driving conditions ... ie Hard acceleration versus gentle acceleration, city driving versus country driving ... The amount of oil consumption can vary widely.
So this was something that the government didn't tell us when they decreed that we would move to unleaded fueled cars.
1. You will use more oil.
2. You won't get as good ecconomy due to the lowering of Octane rating.
3. You won't get a discount for the lower performance fuel and the oil companies will push 91 Octane fuel where they were selling 93 octane before.
4. Eco-Petrol (petrol with added ethanol ... wood alcohol) raises the octane rating of unleaded petrol. 93 octane was raised to about 95 or 96 octane when ethanol was first introduced. Fuel companies are now selling 91 octane with 10% ethanol added. That means that the octane rating of the original fuel is somewhere around 87. That was what you used to run your side valve lawn mower on in the 1970s.
The point is you may not be using excessive oil. But finding out is difficult because no one wants to admit that they are using engine oil to lubricate what lead was doing before.
You have got some detailed replies and I am only an electrician with mechanics for brothers. Some of the previous repliers may know more than me.
One of the mechanics at work suggested that it might be using too thin a viscosity oil, he went on and explained that might be the reason for the varying oil usage. It gets down to how the car has been driven.
wgaBloke: One of the mechanics at work suggested that it might be using too thin a viscosity oil, he went on and explained that might be the reason for the varying oil usage. It gets down to how the car has been driven.
wgablokeSounds something to that too thin viscosity oil, but i would think they would of tested that think out, but wouldn't surprise me if they didn't.
And i am a real cautious med no speed driver hey lol
Darkhorseman: Tyres are consumables and unless one of them blows out prematurely you have to buy new ones but shop around. I have saved $200.00 by comparing prices and not blindly replacing what was on before.
Getting $2000 out of a car dealer is pretty good going.
BUT ... is the motor actually using EXCESS oil? Before the advent of unleaded petrol cars in pristene condition burnt very little oil in their combustion chambers. Most of it came from the oil breather piped into the inlet manifold. When they did burn excess it blackened the exhaust but many cars ran for years with a little puff of black smoke when they throttled on. Now we are running unleaded the engine oil has to do the lubication between the cylinder wall and piston rings. Modern cars are actually designed to burn a little oil. Depending on driving conditions ... ie Hard acceleration versus gentle acceleration, city driving versus country driving ... The amount of oil consumption can vary widely.
So this was something that the government didn't tell us when they decreed that we would move to unleaded fueled cars.
1. You will use more oil.
2. You won't get as good ecconomy due to the lowering of Octane rating.
3. You won't get a discount for the lower performance fuel and the oil companies will push 91 Octane fuel where they were selling 93 octane before.
4. Eco-Petrol (petrol with added ethanol ... wood alcohol) raises the octane rating of unleaded petrol. 93 octane was raised to about 95 or 96 octane when ethanol was first introduced. Fuel companies are now selling 91 octane with 10% ethanol added. That means that the octane rating of the original fuel is somewhere around 87. That was what you used to run your side valve lawn mower on in the 1970s.
The point is you may not be using excessive oil. But finding out is difficult because no one wants to admit that they are using engine oil to lubricate what lead was doing before.
You have got some detailed replies and I am only an electrician with mechanics for brothers. Some of the previous repliers may know more than me.
Getting $2000 out of a car dealer is pretty good going.
BUT ... is the motor actually using EXCESS oil? Before the advent of unleaded petrol cars in pristene condition burnt very little oil in their combustion chambers. Most of it came from the oil breather piped into the inlet manifold. When they did burn excess it blackened the exhaust but many cars ran for years with a little puff of black smoke when they throttled on. Now we are running unleaded the engine oil has to do the lubication between the cylinder wall and piston rings. Modern cars are actually designed to burn a little oil. Depending on driving conditions ... ie Hard acceleration versus gentle acceleration, city driving versus country driving ... The amount of oil consumption can vary widely.
So this was something that the government didn't tell us when they decreed that we would move to unleaded fueled cars.
1. You will use more oil.
2. You won't get as good ecconomy due to the lowering of Octane rating.
3. You won't get a discount for the lower performance fuel and the oil companies will push 91 Octane fuel where they were selling 93 octane before.
4. Eco-Petrol (petrol with added ethanol ... wood alcohol) raises the octane rating of unleaded petrol. 93 octane was raised to about 95 or 96 octane when ethanol was first introduced. Fuel companies are now selling 91 octane with 10% ethanol added. That means that the octane rating of the original fuel is somewhere around 87. That was what you used to run your side valve lawn mower on in the 1970s.
The point is you may not be using excessive oil. But finding out is difficult because no one wants to admit that they are using engine oil to lubricate what lead was doing before.
You have got some detailed replies and I am only an electrician with mechanics for brothers. Some of the previous repliers may know more than me.
Darkhorsemaninteresting thanks
And yes i have got some detailed replies here and i am looking into some of those replies............:-)
thouroughbred: what type of car is it? i think i would be inclined to hock it
Ide sell it
KezzaOO7,It will be the valve guide seals and or stems guides
in this car <The Holden Rodeo after the late 90s have
had an array of problems with these ute's from engine problems to unexplained brake problems. I have at least a dozen close friend that have bought these vehicles and seen the problems
first hand,,they spent more time in the Holden workshop than on the road.
My good friend bought the Rodeo King cab LT sports for $57,000
a few years ago and after 4 months told them to stick it where the sun don't shine. Trade in for Toyota Hilux, Ford or at least a Mazda (although the ford and Mazda are more than likely still the same ute). No wonder Holden have changed the name from Rodeo to Colorado to get rid of the stigma!PS get a friend mechanic if u can to sus the valves and guides or flog it off before it explodes!!
in this car <The Holden Rodeo after the late 90s have
had an array of problems with these ute's from engine problems to unexplained brake problems. I have at least a dozen close friend that have bought these vehicles and seen the problems
first hand,,they spent more time in the Holden workshop than on the road.
My good friend bought the Rodeo King cab LT sports for $57,000
a few years ago and after 4 months told them to stick it where the sun don't shine. Trade in for Toyota Hilux, Ford or at least a Mazda (although the ford and Mazda are more than likely still the same ute). No wonder Holden have changed the name from Rodeo to Colorado to get rid of the stigma!PS get a friend mechanic if u can to sus the valves and guides or flog it off before it explodes!!
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Better than blowing a head gasket.