Thursday, January 7, 2010

How often will you check your car's engine oil if it has mild leaking?

Will you check once a week, once per two weeks or others, and add more engine oil? Thanks in advance.How often will you check your car's engine oil if it has mild leaking?
I'd check it every day around the same time. If you check it in the morning it will be cooler than it will in the afternoon. You should check it every day in case it gets worse. You don't want to run your engine with low oil.How often will you check your car's engine oil if it has mild leaking?
When I have had a car where I notice it consumes oil, I would.





a. Keep 1-2 quarts of extra oil in the trunk at all times.


b. Check oil every time you put in gas... and that way you can also buy more oil at the gas station if you are running short on it.





Honestly how often you need to check really depends on how fast it is sucking down the oil. You should keep records to see how many hundreds or thousands of miles you drive per quart you add.





A decent motor should easily make 3000 miles proper oil change interval without consuming even 1 quart.





When I was a young man, I had a 1974 Mazda RX-2 rotary, and it would need a quart every 800-1000 miles or so, loved the car but I did blow the oil seals when I took it over 10,000 RPMs, great little motor but no rev-limiter, but hey if you know you are burning oil, and probably you can smell it, then you always have a little reminder to check that oil level.
Stop the leak, first. Most engines leak at valve covers, oil pressure sending units, oil pans, or engine seals. NEED MORE INFO!!!! What KIND of car is this??? Year, make, model, engine size, country of origin??? Many car engines only need their valve covers re-tightened or oil pans re-tightened. Power wash your engine to see things better. Then watch for the leak. Many engines leak because the oil pressure relief valveassociated with the oil pump, is full of sludge and can no longer do it's job. The result is too HIGH oil pressure that gets forced through ANY engine orifice. You might try a good engine de-sludging chemical, and then switch to a synthetic oil. NEVER look back. If it were up to me, regular oil would NOT even be made except for the mazda RX-7. ALl regular oils eventuially make sludge and cause premature engine wear and seal leaks, TH HERO is synthetic oil that cannot make sludge, and washes and protects selas AS YOU DRIVE. Good Luck!!
I'd check it every couple of days just to be sure, but best to get it checked because I thought my car had a small leak but when you are driving the car, the oil gets thinner when it's hot so It will leak more when driving. So you may be losing more oil than u think.. -dazzle
If its been leaking; Id check it every couple days to assess how bad it is and add oil as needed untill you can get the leak fixed.
Dont be cheap on your car.. if its leaking either park it and ride the bus train or go fix it now, before there is more damage
Check once every couple of days.
PRN

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