Use Sea Foam or Amsoil's Engine Flush in the oil right before you change it. Clean the EGR valve and tube that runs through the intake manifold (fairly simple to do and there are many posts that cover this). Run a 0W-30 or 5W-30 synthetic oil for an oil change or two. One of the problems with these motors is the oil drain holes behind the oil rings on the pistons. The oil system has oil going up through the connecting rod and then onto the cylinder walls and those tiny holes in the pistons become clogged with carbon from the oil burning off. Once the holes clog, the oil control ring can't work well and you end up burning oil. You can verify this by looking at your tail pipe. You will find a wet looking ring around the outside of the tail pipe at the very end. This is oil creaping around the pipe as it condenses out of the exaust flow and is blown out he pipe by the velocity of the exhaust. If you don't see it, your not burning very much and/or you have an oil leak somewhere and that is where your loss is.
The tips for reduction and not necessarily elimination of the consumtion problem is touse very good enging flushes like the two I mentioned and run one of the two oil weights I mentioned. If your climate is hot, stay with the 5W-30. Mobil 1, Amsoil, etc. are good choices. Elimination would mean tearing the motor apart and pulling the pistons and cleaning, enlarging or adding more holes to the pistons behind the oil control rings.
suvguy
'00 Rodeo LS 4x2 Auto
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Originally Posted by Dcdaniels2001
Hi I'm new at this but need some help I just got my rodeo in Dec. of 2004 and now 6 months later the eng. is doing nothing but burning oil REALLY BAD... i change oil 3 weeks ago and check oil this morring and there's no oil in it.... I went to trade it in last weekend and I'm up side down in my loan can't trade in or can with a payment i can't afford.... so if anyone else is having the same problem please let me know
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