Help! Its Smoking!

[ttforcefed]

im just shocked there is no low oil level indicator that comes on...

 

[ttforcefed]

it looks like vacuum pump and PCV valve is the double whammy that i had

Oil in Intake Manifold - Smoke on Startup

Lately I’ve been noticing a bit of smoke on startup. With a Reman engine & no history of overheating, I figured something else was the cause. Today I had some time, so I removed the intake plenum & inspected the throttle body. It’s somewhat clean (cleaned it two months ago). When I...

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[gsxr]

im just shocked there is no low oil level indicator that comes on...

Me too.

 

[ktm525]

not an ounce on the floor and zero smell of burn. it went into the intake.

Burning 6qts with no smell is amazing.

 

[ttforcefed]

Burning 6qts with no smell is amazing.

my tech was convinced they just forgot to put the new oil in at the last service. luckily i didn't drive the car much. then they did another oil change, and a few days later there was oil missing again and the dash oil monitor had no clue.

 

[ktm525]

So they drained the oil and never replenished or they failed to top up? How much did you drive like this?

 

[ttforcefed]

So they drained the oil and never replenished or they failed to top up? How much did you drive like this?

i took it in for oil change which they did. Drove home a few miles and for whatever reason i decided to check the oil on the dash. i was getting 2 different readings using the hood open and hitting the cancel button vs the regular way. it said add a qrt so i did. my gut told me to bring it back to the shop. They called and said the car was missing 5 or 6 qrtz as if they forgot to put in oil. im friends with the shop owner and he is a very honest person. they dug around for a while and figured out the oil went into the intake, then they fixed the vacuum pump, pcv valves etc...but at no point did the car identify or communicate a low oil state.

 

[ttforcefed]

Burning 6qts with no smell is amazing.

it went to the bottom of the intake and only blew smoke on WOT a few times. right now there is no sign of smoke at WOT.

 

[ktm525]

I guess we now know that the intake can hold 6 quarts.

 

[ktm525]

I can't see where a large volume of oil would hide in the intake. A few spoonfuls sure but quarts? The oil would pool on the back side of the intake valves immediately I would think.