Recent content by Packy

Not sure, but the engine was never hot, guess i'll just live with it, truck runs ok

I was using castrol syntec high mileage 10w-40, was using a little over 2 qts in 3000 miles. I switched to castrol 20w50 and I have only added 1 quart in the last 3000 miles, but I also added bardol no smoke additive. There are no sign of oil leaks, and no visable engine smoke. I thought it...

No, was a 1 year warranty, its been 2 years or so, I thought using a little oil after replacing the heads was normal, wasnt much at first, but now it uses more. The post I read this guy said his truck used a lot of oil, and switching to oil thats made for diesel engines, completely stopped the...

I have a 1999 Ranger 4L V6, about 20k miles ago I had a cracked head, had both heads replaced, they were remanufactured heads. Right after that my truck started using oil, about 2 quarts between 3000 mile changes. It never used oil before, so I assume it has something to do with the rebuilt...