I can't see myself replacing rings right now. I think I'll just keep a quart handy until I tear it apart.

 

The valley cover is simple... remove the manifold and take it out. The oil seperator for the PCV is on the underside and in some cases w/ the '01 the seal goes bad and lets excessive oil through the PCV system.

They updated the design in '02+... as part of my re-ring they replaced that first and oil consumption was cut almost in 1/2, but I then proceeded w/ the re-ring.

Also... start using mobil 0w40 or Amsoil 5w40.

 

Taking notes. Thanks for the tip.

 

^ And get a catch can for the PCV system... not some cheap ebay can, but go get on from a place like elite engineering.



Oil... after a few thousand miles of driving... all LSXs do this.

 

Talk about burning oil... try driving a wankle

 

I think my engine's a little too old to be runnin for 15k without a change. i was puttin a quart in the 240 about once every two weeks, because of a major leak, so i went about a year and a half without changing it. Now i change every 4k since I fixed the oil leak.