losing a lot of oil but not leaking or blowing out exhaust

Asked by whiskersbuttercup Feb 27, 2016 at 07:03 AM about the 1999 Dodge RAM 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

my dodge conversion van is losing a lot of oil on long trips. it loses about a
quart a tank, but no sign of it leaking out or blowing out exhaust. it only has
130,000 miles but has sat for some time.

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Rowefast answered 8 years ago

It has to be going somewhere, look in the cooling system to see if there is signs of oil contaminating the coolant. Could be coming from the head gasket even tho not burning it or leaking it.

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