ben315vz
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Hey guys, posting this up for a mate.
"I bought a vy ecotec series 2 v6 last year. It had only just done 68,000km and always was serviced at the local holden dealer. I serviced it at 70,000 and use Mobil 2000 10/40 semi syn and within 3000 Kms I had used over 1.5 litres of oil. I thought I may had bought a dodgy batch. I then tried magnatec 10/40, same thing. So I thought I may have a slight rocker cover leak, so I replaced both gaskets, and rocker cover bolt seals. Tried penrite hpr fully syn 10/50, happened again. There are no oils leaks anywhere, rear main, timing cover etc. Plugged it into a mechanics expensive tech 2 and it said everything was hunky dory. I am not blowing any smoke blue or white. Does anyone think this could be rings or valve stem seals???? I've owned a few ecotecs and never had a oil thirsty v6 like this before........any advice?"
Cheers,
"I bought a vy ecotec series 2 v6 last year. It had only just done 68,000km and always was serviced at the local holden dealer. I serviced it at 70,000 and use Mobil 2000 10/40 semi syn and within 3000 Kms I had used over 1.5 litres of oil. I thought I may had bought a dodgy batch. I then tried magnatec 10/40, same thing. So I thought I may have a slight rocker cover leak, so I replaced both gaskets, and rocker cover bolt seals. Tried penrite hpr fully syn 10/50, happened again. There are no oils leaks anywhere, rear main, timing cover etc. Plugged it into a mechanics expensive tech 2 and it said everything was hunky dory. I am not blowing any smoke blue or white. Does anyone think this could be rings or valve stem seals???? I've owned a few ecotecs and never had a oil thirsty v6 like this before........any advice?"
Cheers,