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Old 08-17-2013, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
Bill, just drive it for a thousand miles. If it burns a quart or less then it's fixed. Most of us around here would take you at your word if you said that it passed that test.
I'll get back to the car and do just that, checking oil consumption (draining the 20W50 and going with a 10W40 in the process as suggested by my engine guy) every 100 miles and documenting it all. As you already know, this is not my first FE , so we'll see what we will see when I get back.



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