burning oil
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burning oil
every few months or so i get that damn annoying buzz of the oil light when i make right turns and have to add a couple quarts.
don't know how the oil circulation goes in a rotory, any suggestions?
don't know how the oil circulation goes in a rotory, any suggestions?
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if you are getting the buzzer you are under the minimal levels and oil starving your motor.
You should be checking oil level at every fill up.
You should be checking oil level at every fill up.
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Yup, every 3k; sooner the better.
Anyhow, quit staring the rotary-death lord in the eyes, and fill it up ASAP! Already full? Change the sensor.
If it's a really frequent issue (like, every ~500 miles), then you've got a more serrious problem. Don't rev it past 4,000RPM when it's cold (especially higher-mileage engines), check for oil leaks. If you look under your car, and see drips of oil on the bottom guard/oil pan, check for cracked oil-metering lines (they're brittle and break like raw speghetthi), and leaks around the FRONT cover (where your water pump attaches), around the oil pan, anywhere on the oil lines, around the filter, around the transmission. ect... Not mechanically inclined? Have a shop do a "leak-down" for $25.
Break-in for a tranny? General rule of thumb (automatic or manual) Drive it pretty easily for ~500mi and change the fluid. You don't HAVE to change the fluids, but I do just as a safetly precaution.
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Anyhow, quit staring the rotary-death lord in the eyes, and fill it up ASAP! Already full? Change the sensor.
If it's a really frequent issue (like, every ~500 miles), then you've got a more serrious problem. Don't rev it past 4,000RPM when it's cold (especially higher-mileage engines), check for oil leaks. If you look under your car, and see drips of oil on the bottom guard/oil pan, check for cracked oil-metering lines (they're brittle and break like raw speghetthi), and leaks around the FRONT cover (where your water pump attaches), around the oil pan, anywhere on the oil lines, around the filter, around the transmission. ect... Not mechanically inclined? Have a shop do a "leak-down" for $25.
Break-in for a tranny? General rule of thumb (automatic or manual) Drive it pretty easily for ~500mi and change the fluid. You don't HAVE to change the fluids, but I do just as a safetly precaution.
WHaCKo
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