You can easily have oil consumption with no blue or black smoke out the
tailpipe,
on any semi-modern engine with catalytic converter and electronic fuel
injection.
It it's not dripping out anywhere...and the oil level is going down, it
has to be burning it.
the 90 Legacy 2.2 is known for an oil issue ..if you happen to have that
year Legacy 2.2
also on your oil level and total amount ..you're not running it overfull
are you ?
Pretty important.
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On 5/15/2012 5:55 PM, tlwelbor wrote:
After checking my oil level Sunday evening, I found the engine to be
several quarts short. I had not driven the van in a couple weeks after
returning from a 2000 mile trip. The oil levels were fine, according
to the dip stick, before leaving on the trip and when I returned. I
had run the engine while trying to determine an LED coolant light
issue (which I solved thanks to the help from everyone here - or
rather may have solved if this turns out to be related). The van had
been checked out during the trip by a trusted mechanic who helped
determined the light was not related to the engine by checking fluid
levels, changing the thermostat, and switching out the temp sensor.
Since the van was not emitting dark clouds of exhaust while the engine
was running and there are no oil stains in my drive way where it has
been sitting, I am perplexed. Anyone have any ideas about what is
going on.
1985 Vanagon Campmobile with an EJ2.2 from a Legacy/
Thanks for the help,
