What Happened?
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What Happened?
I took my '95 Ford Explorer into the shop because I had a leaking head gasket. It was leaking through a water jacket toward the outside of the head straight out the side. Ford replaced the gaskets and machined the head and whatever else they do to the valves. Okay, I get it back and it doesn't have the power it used to but that's not the real problem. 2500 miles later I notice that I'm 2.5 quarts of oil low! Yeap, all of a sudden I'm burning a quart of oil every thousand miles. Prior to the head work, I wasn't burning any noticeable amount, maybe 1/3 a quart every 4 thousand miles. So what happend? Did the head work cause this problem? Did they do something wrong? There is no oil leaking onto my garage floor so it must be burning it, there is some residue at the rear bumper. Any suggestions?
