Burning oil

Asked by Malibu_2017 Jan 17, 2017 at 10:18 PM about the 1990 Chevrolet C/K 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I got a Chevy c1500 with a 305 5.0 and it
burns oil really bad and can hardly keep
oil pressure I keep oil in it it runs fine until
it gets warm then the pressure drops and
it wants to die it will stay running at times
but will die if I don't give it gas right away
if I put it in reverse or drive I got to give it
gas  the second I shift or it will die

3 Answers

My equinox has also been burning 2qts between changes I did last oil change and this time the nasty sludge and crap that came out left me wondering wtf the previous owners and dealerships where putting in this thing I only use full synthetic 5w-30 hoping a couple good professional oil changes will fix the issue gonna also run 2 cans of seafoam through entire engine one in the vacuum line half in oil half in gas tank and watch this baby get cleaned out

Don't uses cheap oil and filters try running full synthetic 5w-30 mobil one and a mobil one filter my truck runs 60oil pressure under a load 40while idle

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