My girlfriend's 2001 Impala is burning oil at a rate that I am not satisfied with and I can't figure out why. It is burning a little over a quart every 1,000 miles and it only has 70K on it. I posted a thread about this a couple months ago and several people said to check the PCV valve. Does anyone know where the PCV valve is located on this engine? I couldn't find it so I took it to O'Reilly and Auto Zone and nobody there could find it either.
I'm not sure if I really trust the guy at Auto Zone anyway though, because he asked what oil I used in it. I told him she used what ever cheap dino she could find. He told me the differing add packs can cause it to burn oil and then told me he would recommend any oil other than yellow bottle because he has seen how it sludges up engines. Oooooookay. I just played dumb like I was any old car owner and not a BITOGer.
He also told me if the PCV was stuck, the car probably wouldn't run or would at least run really rough. That could be true, I don't know, but the car seems to run okay. Can anyone help me out? Maybe I am just asking too much and not wanting it to burn oil at all like my Ranger with the similar mileage.
I'm not sure if I really trust the guy at Auto Zone anyway though, because he asked what oil I used in it. I told him she used what ever cheap dino she could find. He told me the differing add packs can cause it to burn oil and then told me he would recommend any oil other than yellow bottle because he has seen how it sludges up engines. Oooooookay. I just played dumb like I was any old car owner and not a BITOGer.
He also told me if the PCV was stuck, the car probably wouldn't run or would at least run really rough. That could be true, I don't know, but the car seems to run okay. Can anyone help me out? Maybe I am just asking too much and not wanting it to burn oil at all like my Ranger with the similar mileage.