- May 28, 2014
- 839
ok well my brother has a 05 tb with around 135k that had 2 quarts of oil in it today
either way as the title says there are no big symptoms
he has not had the car for long only a few months but it has been good
here is a list of what has been done:
oil change with mobil synthetic 5w-30
intake manifold and intake ports cleaned (since i dropped the tb connector clip in there )
tb cleaned
thermostat change (the original one was no good)
air filter changed
now onto the specifics of the vehicle:
it has not had spark plugs done, i pulled one out and it was a 41-103 and it looked good
the truck has a shake when in drive that goes away and completely smooths out in park or neutral, but it goes away when fully warmed
it drives good but it does have a cel p0014 we would change the cpas but we cant it is stuck in the head we tried pb blaster and we tried sticking a screw driver in between the cpas and the head and nothing
it does have a bad smell from the exhaust when revved or time to time at idle not like a bad gas smell but just a nasty burnt smell
it does also have a blue tint to the exhaust when revved or while driving which would be oil burning but it really is not that bad like a diesel just a light blue and my brother says he can see the smoke from the exhaust time to time while taking off from a stop
the exhaust pipe is coated with a black soot
also at idle the vacuum is 21" and is steady
ok so now onto the main part:
my brother has said that the other day the truck turned off while idling and right before it flashed the low oil light
i searched this and came to the conclusion that it was the oil pressure switch but today made me think again, today he told me the gauge would go back and forth and the low oil pressure would show on the dash and the reduced engine power light will come on also. he also said the truck will shut off time to time when he was waiting at a light which still went with the oil pressure switch being bad but we checked the oil level and found something else
there was no oil on the dipstick!
the oil cap was milky and so was the pcv tube
the coolant level has no changed so its not that
but the dipstick showed nothing so we had a extra quart of the same oil and the level stood at nothing so then we mixed some quaker state advanced synthetic and still nothing so we got a drain pan that had measurement markings and when we drained the oil the most we got was 4 quarts and it was dark. you can also see it was mixed with what looked like water since you can see a clear topping over the oil under it and it dripped off a glove like water with some staying on the glove.
at the bottom of the pan there was darker more burnt smelling oil but still not bad especially since it was running on the highway with 2 quarts. while i was under the car i noticed no leaks at all
so now we put the same oil back just for now and we put in some gtx conventional and kendall part synthetic which gives us 6 quarts and it is marking correct on the middle of the dipstick
so now to the big question where the hell did 5 quarts go????
either way as the title says there are no big symptoms
he has not had the car for long only a few months but it has been good
here is a list of what has been done:
oil change with mobil synthetic 5w-30
intake manifold and intake ports cleaned (since i dropped the tb connector clip in there )
tb cleaned
thermostat change (the original one was no good)
air filter changed
now onto the specifics of the vehicle:
it has not had spark plugs done, i pulled one out and it was a 41-103 and it looked good
the truck has a shake when in drive that goes away and completely smooths out in park or neutral, but it goes away when fully warmed
it drives good but it does have a cel p0014 we would change the cpas but we cant it is stuck in the head we tried pb blaster and we tried sticking a screw driver in between the cpas and the head and nothing
it does have a bad smell from the exhaust when revved or time to time at idle not like a bad gas smell but just a nasty burnt smell
it does also have a blue tint to the exhaust when revved or while driving which would be oil burning but it really is not that bad like a diesel just a light blue and my brother says he can see the smoke from the exhaust time to time while taking off from a stop
the exhaust pipe is coated with a black soot
also at idle the vacuum is 21" and is steady
ok so now onto the main part:
my brother has said that the other day the truck turned off while idling and right before it flashed the low oil light
i searched this and came to the conclusion that it was the oil pressure switch but today made me think again, today he told me the gauge would go back and forth and the low oil pressure would show on the dash and the reduced engine power light will come on also. he also said the truck will shut off time to time when he was waiting at a light which still went with the oil pressure switch being bad but we checked the oil level and found something else
there was no oil on the dipstick!
the oil cap was milky and so was the pcv tube
the coolant level has no changed so its not that
but the dipstick showed nothing so we had a extra quart of the same oil and the level stood at nothing so then we mixed some quaker state advanced synthetic and still nothing so we got a drain pan that had measurement markings and when we drained the oil the most we got was 4 quarts and it was dark. you can also see it was mixed with what looked like water since you can see a clear topping over the oil under it and it dripped off a glove like water with some staying on the glove.
at the bottom of the pan there was darker more burnt smelling oil but still not bad especially since it was running on the highway with 2 quarts. while i was under the car i noticed no leaks at all
so now we put the same oil back just for now and we put in some gtx conventional and kendall part synthetic which gives us 6 quarts and it is marking correct on the middle of the dipstick
so now to the big question where the hell did 5 quarts go????