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If your car is using to much oil, you'll need to find out if your oil is leaking or not. If the oil is leaking out and this is the cause of the lowering of the oil level, you may have a worn gasket or plug in your sump, sump gasket, engine head gasket ect. If your oil is not leaking, but being burnt by your engine, the most common cause is the rings on your pistons are worn. This will cause oil to get past the sealling surfaces of your piston rings and enter the combustion chamber where it is burnt along with the fuel. The tell tale sign for this is excess exhaust smoke. The smoke will also be a blue colour.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoAbsolutely, yes. Worn piston rings can allow too much oil to enter the combustion chamber (cylinder) which results in oil being forced out through the exhaust. This is sometimes noticeable by an oily residue in and around the tailpipe and/or smokey (more than normal) exhaust. Worn out piston rings can also allow the compressed gasses from the combustion chamber to enter the crankcase (essentially the oil reservoir) and can actually force oil to be evacuted through the main engine seals and even up through the dipstick and filler tubes. Not a very environmentally friendly condition, the problem ideally should be rectified immediately.
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∙ 11y agoAssuming you do not have a leak, you more than likely have worn piston rings, and bearings.
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What are struts in a car?
Struts are much like what used to be shock absorbers except more expensive to replace. Bad/worn out struts will greatly reduce the handling and control of the vehicle. You can drive the car but it may put you in a dangerous situation. How much do you value your life?
What would be the cause of ignition not turning and getting stuck in lock mode is this something that can be fixed?
Your ignition key may be too worn down, the car dealership can probably make you a new one. Another cause may be worn lock cylinder parts (springs, etc.) or there could be dirt/sand in the cylinder.
What are aftermarket car parts?
Aftermarket auto parts are the parts that don't come as part of the car when you purchase it and are installed later to either improve the performance of the car or its looks or both. Aftermarket car parts are made by a company other than the manufacturer of the car. Parts made by the manufacturer of the car are known as Original Equipment Manufacturer or OEM parts. The aftermarket auto parts business has become heavily competitive and many dealers and suppliers offer parts for cars of almost all makes and models. Aftermarket parts usually cost less than the OEM parts.
Are there car parts starting with the letter i?
Interior lights, instrument panel and ignition are car parts. They begin with the letter i.
Why is your car bouncy and sensitive to bumps in the road?
Depending on mileage worn shock absorbers or struts?
Which part of your car is worn when your car uses too much oil?
Piston rings are worn.
What does squeaking from your car mean?
Lack of lubrication? worn suspension parts?
How come tires got so worn out?
You tires are worn out because either the car needs an alignment, you are running them with either too low or too high air pressure, suspension parts are worn, steering parts are worn, or the tires were defective.
How much parts are there in a car?
there are 2827 different parts of a car
Why a car wander?
Wandering is caused by a suspension that is out of alignment, worn tires or worn parts. If the Suspension parts are worn the alignment will most likely still be off even after an alignment is performed.
What can cause the car to pull to the right?
A soft tire, worn steering parts, out of alignment,
Why does your car suspension creak?
You may have worn suspension parts or just in need of lubrication.
Why does your car feel like its swaying?
Low air pressure in one or more of the tires. Worn suspension parts or steering parts. Loose wheel lug nuts. Worn or loose wheel bearing.
Why is one wheel of your car not aligned?
Worn suspension parts, Hitting potholes.Weak springs are all possibilities.
Can warped rotors make the steering wheel wobble on your car?
Yes! So can badly worn tires as well as badly worn or damaged front suspension parts.
Are worn out bushings dangerous for a car?
Kinda-sorta. Worn bushings loses the car some control if you push the performance. If you don't need every sliver of performance, then worn bushings doesn't mean much.
Example of electrical to mechanical energy?
Pretty much anything that uses electricity to run and has moving parts is this conversion. An example of this is a car, or a blender.
