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Originally Posted by fp1529
I have a 1999 Suburban 1500 5.7, 130,000. I bought this truck with 17,000 miles on so I've owned it most of it's life. Numerous things have gone wrong with it but I have always changed the oil and filter around 3,000 miles. Mostly with a Fram filter and Castrol 5W-30. Lately I have had to add 1 to 2 quarts of oil every 3,000 miles. My wife noticed a little smoke from the tail pipe recently, no oil drips. Is this typical to add this much oil? And also if I used Castrol High Mileage would that help?
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the use of 1 qt of oil every 3,ooomi is about the most you should see on an average engine of this age....
your use of the fram filters are to be avoided,,,these filters do not filter well and as a result the debris is wearing out your engine....
with the use of non-synthetic oils fiters must be of the highest quality..the filters I use are wix, and purolator plus..
cut the used filters open then you will see...
what oil brand are you using ?,,with dino oil I prefer castrol,,,with synthetic I prefer mobil 1...
I have owned 4 vehicles over 40 plus years,,,with all going over 120,000mi. , and never used that much oil...even the 380,ooomi gm V8..
another componet that can cause engine wear would be cheap air filters,or vacuum leaks which then cause dust and debris to enter the engine...this also causes rapid engine wear..