really low on oil??

[Moezer]

hey guys, so I changed the oil on my jeep before the winter storm hit, my next oil change should be at 300k  but since the snow storm has hit I have noticed that the ticking I get from the engine has increased I didn't mind it because it was only loud on cold starts, fast forward to last night im coming home from work and I noticed that my oil pressure is going down in 3d gear, I shifted to 4 and it started to go up again then started to go down, I put it in 5th and it went up again.

Since we are having warmer weather now I have noticed that the jeep is dripping oil again, not a lot with in 3 days there was about 2 inch wide oil spill, never though nothing of it since my rear main seal has been leaky for 3 years lol.

I come to check on the oil today after taking my dog to the park to find I have NONE only the tip of the dip stick has some oil on it , I added oil to it but it took about 4 liters....  I still have about 5000 kms to drive before the next oil change, what has went wrong here? I doubt its leaking out of the rear main seal this much as I just noticed it 3 days ago

im running 5w30 oil full synthetic

any ideas ? thanks

[JackstandJohnny]

is it blowing blue at all?

last time i had a 4L that blew through oil that fast it was all going through the valve seals/guides in the head.  i was going through a litre per fill up.

the head was so bad i just swapped the motor instead of rebuilding it.

no clue if its similar for you but that was mine.  i suggest it because for you to actually burn that much oil due to bad piston rings you would be smoking people out at red lights.

[Moezer]

nope not blue smoke its not burning oil at all, it smokes white but that's because of the cold...

[Vinman]

nope not blue smoke its not burning oil at all, it smokes white but that's because of the cold...

Apparently synthetic doesn't burn near as much blue as conventional oil.

[morerpmfred]

Ccv system could be plugged up solid like mine. Air pressure inside the motor pushes oil out all the seals and into the air intake.

[BUKI]

Did you say 300,000 kms. I think 5w30 even syn might be a little light. Next oc try good ol rotella 15w40. A jeep should have no issues cranking with that at -30. A diesel oil has more cleaning "thingys" and holding "Thingys". Its worth a try. And much cheaper than refilling with syn.

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[w squared]

zinc

[JENSSEN]

Rotella + Lucas =

[Moezer]

Did you say 300,000 kms. I think 5w30 even syn might be a little light. Next oc try good ol rotella 15w40. A jeep should have no issues cranking with that at -30. A diesel oil has more cleaning "thingys" and holding "Thingys". Its worth a try. And much cheaper than refilling with syn.

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this stuff?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Shell-Rotella-T-15W40-Motor-Oil-1-Gal/14958327

I have never had this problem before that's why its annoying me

[Spinalguy]

this stuff?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Shell-Rotella-T-15W40-Motor-Oil-1-Gal/14958327

I have never had this problem before that's why its annoying me

Yes.

[cLAY]

That's good oil and I run it lots of the fleet equipment that I maintain, but only in the summer

In the winter I change everything over to something lighter, 10w30 or even 0w30 synthetic. That 15w40 gets pretty thick at anything below -20c, especially when it's got some miles on it and not brand new anymore.

[BUKI]

That's good oil and I run it lots of the fleet equipment that I maintain, but only in the summer

In the winter I change everything over to something lighter, 10w30 or even 0w30 synthetic. That 15w40 gets pretty thick at anything below -20c, especially when it's got some miles on it and not brand new anymore.

I think you may be onto something. I haven't changed my oil in 9-10 months. IIRC I used the rest of my 5-40 syn rottella t6. So I bet its a mix 50-50. But still 10-30 should crank just fine. Its what the jeep was meant to have in it. And guess what rotella conventional comes in 10-30. I trust shell. You can Google rotella+jeep+Bob is the oil guy. And everyone says the same thing. DO IT. Oh PS the best place to get the 10w30 is at PA.

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[BUKI]

Rotella + Lucas =

Oh my shyhat. Remind me to never buy a car from you;). How do you get it to turn over??  That combo will NEVER burn oil. NOW THAT BE SOME THICK $#!+.


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[Bnine]

zinc

No zinc in rotella either. They pulled it 5 or 6 years ago. Although it was the last oil to contain significant amounts of the zinc base lube.

[w squared]

I was just being an @ssh@t and referring to the thread about zinc in oil and belt dressing. My bad.