burning oil and not leaking oil on my plugs

Asked by briancl Jun 05, 2014 at 02:25 PM about the 2004 Ford Mustang Coupe RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

i was told it could be some kind of tube or something that would be putting oil in there

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check for external oil leaks...they must be close to the exhaust because you can smell the oil burning

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well autozone said it could be the piston rings or the valves or some kinda tube that would allow oil to get on the spark plugs

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If you can, pull out the spark plugs. If they are black and oily then you are burning oil, if they are a dry brownish - tan (or possibly grey) color then you are not burning oil and the oil is leaking somewhere else.

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I have a 73 fastback , 351C 4 brrl "Q" code, and its burning oil, there is no leak and it will burn topped up engine oil in a day or a couple days of daily driving..i don't see any smoke and im not really smelling anything its rebuild engine, I got with only 500 miles used...im freaking out.. I need help please, I just paid 28k on this..???

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