Worried about oil consumption

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01-22-2016, 05:21 PM

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Vent motor to catch cans with breathers or use breathers on valve covers

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01-22-2016, 05:53 PM

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I run cheap, non synthetic oil in my truck with a Norris catch can. I have zero oil consumption with just over 254K miles.

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01-22-2016, 07:53 PM

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Thanks!

Ill probably just go tomorrow and get breathers then if that doesnt help swap to non synthetic oil next change.

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01-22-2016, 08:07 PM

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dont the 05s have the driver valve cover issue? I thought it was a issue with oil consumption, and swithing to a different cover helped with this. Worth reading up on anyway.

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01-23-2016, 01:50 PM

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There is an updated valve cover for the drivers side that addresses oil consumption.

SilveradoSierra.com ? Valve cover replacement : Vortec 5300 5.3L V8