At 05:58 PM 3/8/2000 EST, you wrote: > >secondly, yesterday i went to top off the oil b/c after about 2000 miles she >burns close to a quart. when i took off the filler cap it was gooed up and >down with what appeared to be the foam of the great guiness. it was thick >and viscous and smelled like a weird oil. >jason Usually an indication of a *lot* of short trips, not allowing the engine to thoroughly warm up; it's an emulsion of oil & water. Time for a 500 mile round trip somewhere! Austin |
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