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      05-04-2012, 08:08 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by RPM90 View Post
I remember when all GM small blocks were expected to start burning oil by 100K miles, it was given. If you had one of those engines and it didn't smoke it was considered exceptional. Now, if your engine burns oil by 100K miles, that is the exception and not the norm.
Those were the oil smokey days of 3000-5000 mile oil changes.
Man I miss those days too. Now BMW and many other car manufacturers will say that burning a quart of oil in 3-5,000 miles is the norm.
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