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  1. J

    oil loss or gain

    must have missed something on my dip stick it plainly says 0w 20 unless they have changed what zero means. last i knew it meant 0 nothing as far as rest of posts they had nothing to do with what i asked and i,m sure with your great wisdom you will come up with a reason there is no such thing as...
  2. J

    oil loss or gain

    thx looked thru but most are 10 to 15 yr,s old with newer engines and advent of synthetic oils and zero weight with all the reading i,ve done on web sites here and overseas and same engines the common thing seems to be in the US its all about fuel mileage they have the same weather extremes in...
  3. J

    oil loss or gain

    sorry i don,t recall signing up before but then i,m old and don,t remember what i did this am please excuse thx
  4. J

    oil loss or gain

    oh oh,,, a comma cop,, yes i,,ve seen those again as i said just curious,,,,,i got a pocket ful
  5. J

    Why do some cars burn one oil brand but not another?

    there are all kinds of tests and experiments you can find mixing diff, oils synthetic and dino, using lighter or heavier oil flow test and testing wear and they all wind up testing very close to the same. i worked in the lube indus. and there are only a very few manufactures of lubes the rest...
  6. J

    oil loss or gain

    you,re right tran,s at least used to have hot and cold marks,,, but they hold at least twice as much if not more than a oil pan so i was kinda amazed at how much 5 qt,s can expand and i don,t recall this ever coming up except in the last few yr,s had a chevy colorado and it checked the same hot...
  7. J

    Changing oil makes engine burn it faster?

    sounds like diff problems oil doesn,t cause loss of power unless you throw a rod,, and you said i believe little smoke at startup thats usually valve seals and a small leak so sounds like you answered your own question on the oil usage don,t know about loss of power
  8. J

    oil loss or gain

    so i,ve seen this before but can,t find,, have 2017 jeep cherokee 2.4 eng,, if i check oil after driving wait 15 min,s or so its on the full mark wait til the next morning and is 1/2 qt low i,ve done this many times for old geezers it makes no sense but is a fact,, and have seen where others...
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