Burning oil

Asked by Malibu_2017 Jan 17, 2017 at 10:18 PM about the 1990 Chevrolet C/K 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I got a Chevy c1500 with a 305 5.0 and it
burns oil really bad and can hardly keep
oil pressure I keep oil in it it runs fine until
it gets warm then the pressure drops and
it wants to die it will stay running at times
but will die if I don't give it gas right away
if I put it in reverse or drive I got to give it
gas  the second I shift or it will die

3 Answers

Chris answered 5 years ago

My equinox has also been burning 2qts between changes I did last oil change and this time the nasty sludge and crap that came out left me wondering wtf the previous owners and dealerships where putting in this thing I only use full synthetic 5w-30 hoping a couple good professional oil changes will fix the issue gonna also run 2 cans of seafoam through entire engine one in the vacuum line half in oil half in gas tank and watch this baby get cleaned out

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Chris answered 5 years ago

Don't uses cheap oil and filters try running full synthetic 5w-30 mobil one and a mobil one filter my truck runs 60oil pressure under a load 40while idle

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