Stepehn Posted January 23, 2022 Report Posted January 23, 2022 2004 SS with 329,000 miles is my daily driver and work truck! Recently started burning a lot of oil. It also burns a small amount of coolant. I’m engine ignorant but have a good mechanic. I’m guessing head gasket but wondering what else it could be? Oil pan or rings? Thinking the combination of fluid burn leans towards head… Worth doing on an engine this used and with New England salt damage starting to need repair? Thanks! I was really hoping to see 400k! Quote
dcairns Posted January 24, 2022 Report Posted January 24, 2022 How do you know it is burning oil and or coolant, not leaking it? Are you seeing smoke/steam out the tailpipe? Quote
Stepehn Posted January 24, 2022 Author Report Posted January 24, 2022 Yes, exactly. Already took care of some small leaks, manifold gasket, valley gasket, checked oil pan gasket. Can see and smell it right out of the pipe. It’s really heavy oil smoke on start up. Quote
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