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First, I am a female who can change oil and a battery, but that is the extent of my mechanical abilities. I had a cracked head on my 92 Explorer XLT 4.0 after the quick lube left the radiator cap off. $1255 later, I had a new head, a resurfaced head, head gasket set, intake pla(??) gasket, coil pack, spark plug wire set, new spark plugs, new fuel injector, set of new head bolts, and a valve job. This was at 108,000 mi. A couple of days after I got it back, it started knocking.
Another $1550 for a bottom end motor rebuild and crank shaft oil and filter. They took the motor out and took it to a machine shop. The day after I got it back, the brakes went out because the line developed a hole and all the fluid ran out on the way to a funeral. I put brake fluid in it, but that lasted about a mile. That cost another $102. Then two days later, the heater hose went. I threw a "Witch Fit" on that one. It was against the serpentine belt. They repaired it at no charge in my drive way.
Two days later, the oil light came on. It was a quart low after 300 miles. The guys at work told me that the oil consumption may be high for a while, so I just kept an eye on it. I took it back after 1500 miles. They found a few minor leaks they tightened it, and told me to keep an eye on it. At 2500 miles I took it back again, they sent it to the machine shop and the guy there drove it for about four days and said she's right it's using oil.
I was going on a two day 800 mile trip. They told me to drive it, just keep an eye on the oil. They were also concerned that I was just putting oil in it when it didn't need it. They said wait till the light comes on. When I left on my trip it was 1/2 qt low (I always check on flat surface cold engine). I put 1 qt in while I was gone. When I got home it was still full. I thought maybe they were right, I just needed to get it out on the highway for a while. About three days after I got home, the light came on again. I called them, the first thing they asked me was if I was just putting oil in it when the light came on without checking it. They thought maybe the light was going bad.
When I sent it back to the shop two weeks ago, it was at 5,000 miles since rebuild, and has had 12 qts put in it. Yesterday, they told me he had it all apart, but could not find anything wrong. He was still working on it.
Does anyone know why it would use all this oil after the rebuild?
Desperate for My Car
Another $1550 for a bottom end motor rebuild and crank shaft oil and filter. They took the motor out and took it to a machine shop. The day after I got it back, the brakes went out because the line developed a hole and all the fluid ran out on the way to a funeral. I put brake fluid in it, but that lasted about a mile. That cost another $102. Then two days later, the heater hose went. I threw a "Witch Fit" on that one. It was against the serpentine belt. They repaired it at no charge in my drive way.
Two days later, the oil light came on. It was a quart low after 300 miles. The guys at work told me that the oil consumption may be high for a while, so I just kept an eye on it. I took it back after 1500 miles. They found a few minor leaks they tightened it, and told me to keep an eye on it. At 2500 miles I took it back again, they sent it to the machine shop and the guy there drove it for about four days and said she's right it's using oil.
I was going on a two day 800 mile trip. They told me to drive it, just keep an eye on the oil. They were also concerned that I was just putting oil in it when it didn't need it. They said wait till the light comes on. When I left on my trip it was 1/2 qt low (I always check on flat surface cold engine). I put 1 qt in while I was gone. When I got home it was still full. I thought maybe they were right, I just needed to get it out on the highway for a while. About three days after I got home, the light came on again. I called them, the first thing they asked me was if I was just putting oil in it when the light came on without checking it. They thought maybe the light was going bad.
When I sent it back to the shop two weeks ago, it was at 5,000 miles since rebuild, and has had 12 qts put in it. Yesterday, they told me he had it all apart, but could not find anything wrong. He was still working on it.
Does anyone know why it would use all this oil after the rebuild?
Desperate for My Car
