My girlfriends 2000 plymouth neon...
The car has about 85k miles on it, runs great.
I keep up on the maintenance on it.
I've been going with supertech filters and supertech dino oil for the past 30k miles or so, at 4k intervals. 5w30 was the weight.
All of a sudden the car started using about a quart of oil in a 4k mile duration.
I switched to a 10w30 supertech HM oil, and its still using a quart or so, maybe a little more.
The car doesn't smoke or anything, isn't leaking a drop.
I changed out the factory PCV valve the other day.
Would that help the consumption issue?
Does the PCV have anything to do with fuel economy?
Even though this car runs great, it doesn't do so hot in the fuel economy department (low to mid 20's).
Thanks,
Justin
The car has about 85k miles on it, runs great.
I keep up on the maintenance on it.
I've been going with supertech filters and supertech dino oil for the past 30k miles or so, at 4k intervals. 5w30 was the weight.
All of a sudden the car started using about a quart of oil in a 4k mile duration.
I switched to a 10w30 supertech HM oil, and its still using a quart or so, maybe a little more.
The car doesn't smoke or anything, isn't leaking a drop.
I changed out the factory PCV valve the other day.
Would that help the consumption issue?
Does the PCV have anything to do with fuel economy?
Even though this car runs great, it doesn't do so hot in the fuel economy department (low to mid 20's).
Thanks,
Justin