how much oil do you burn through between changes?
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From: Carhenge
JMO, now back to the regularly scheduled programming...................
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From: Ky
im not to worried about it,it seems that most of yor guy's trucks use oil.I was just checking to make shure i didnt have an odball motor.Alsoi forgot to mention that i run my oil for 5000 mile intervals and ill be changing my oil in about 1k and ill be using nappa oil.ill let u guy's no how i make out the second time around.
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From: Archdale,N.C.
I disagree,i run Rotella synthetic,and change it every 5000 miles with no noticable loss of any oil.
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All engines use oil, something's got to be making up the difference................
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I don't get an oil analysis,but when i check my oil,i smell it for fuel,and when i change my oil,i smell it for fuel too.Other than that i don't know.
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From: Eaton, CO
I don't think I burn any oil really except for really hard cold starts. When I first switched to Schaeffer 9000 fully synthetic, it created a leak. ~1.5qts per 3,000 miles... It didn't leak like that before I swapped to synthetic oil. I was tired of pissing money away and switched back to dino. Either the leak has stopped, or has turned into a very minor weep. Maybe it's because of the colder weather. IDK. So far over 3,000 miles on this dino oil change and not a drop low. 
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From: Carhenge
So have you ever added diesel to your used oil until you could smell it to calibrate your instrument? Just curious about how much fuel it takes until one can discern the smell. Most diesel oils have a fairly strong odor of their own.