Has anyone noticed their gladiator burning oil

[jac04]

I'd love for him to give his SOURCE, prove his contention, that oil burning comes from not changing oil more frequently than 7 months! What a hoot.

I think what we have here is a lack of communication.

What JET_83 is saying is that the OP told us that they changed the oil at 32,000 miles and it now has 36,200 miles on it. There is no mention by the OP of any oil changes before that. IF the OP bought the vehicle used, and IF the OP's first oil change was at 32k miles, then it MAY be possible that the first oil change this engine ever saw was at 32k miles. I think we can all agree that going 32k miles on the original fill of oil is not good for the engine and could potentially lead to abnormal engine wear and potentially abnormal oil consumption.

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[ShadowsPapa]

I think what we have here is a lack of communication.

What JET_83 is saying is that the OP told us that they changed the oil at 32,000 miles and it now has 36,200 miles on it. There is no mention by the OP of any oil changes before that. IF the OP bought the vehicle used, and IF the OP's first oil change was at 32k miles, then it MAY be possible that the first oil change this engine ever saw was at 32k miles. I think we can all agree that going 32k miles on the original fill of oil is not good for the engine and could potentially lead to abnormal engine wear and potentially abnormal oil consumption.

He's talked about the number of months in other posts, saying it was too long.

I can't see the OP giving us a whole history on oil changes, just saying his last two to show a reference point. If I said mine was changed at 20,000 and again at 24,000 - who is going to assume I went 20,000 before the first change?
Further, if he went 32K he'd have been empty, out of oil, and there's no mention of any oil added prior to this time. Safe assumption - it's been changed before.


Well, jet or whoever, here ya go - I'll have to dig out my certifications and get scans or pictures of them, I've got my fuel system cert out in my shop.............

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I never said anything about time, I was referring to miles and if it hasn’t been changed for an overly extended period of miles that would be causation to use that much oil. Maybe he bought it used, none of us know if he’s the original owner yet because he hasn’t stated.

These can go 10K miles under normal driving conditions (ideal driving conditions).
He never implied or stated his first oil change was 32,000 miles. You assumed that. He was simply stating the last oil change miles and what it's got now.

>> It has 36,200 miles on it. I changed it in august at 32,000 miles. I haven’t driven it much. Maybe I should have changed it even tho I haven’t put that many miles on it<<

Strongly doubt he was able to go 32,000 miles on the first and only oil and never added any! It would have been nearly empty.

 

[CrazyCooter]

3 pages and nobody has commented about the printed oil capacity vs what the stick shows after adding printed amount? Is it really low or did a person put only the printed quantity in?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

3 pages and nobody has commented about the printed oil capacity vs what the stick shows after adding printed amount? Is it really low or did a person put only the printed quantity in?

5 quarts brings mine to the full mark - is that what you mean? 6 quarts is above full.
Does yours not read full after 5 quarts? Mine does. It's sure not a quart down.
5 quarts goes into mine each time.

 

[JET_83]

5 quarts brings mine to the full mark - is that what you mean? 6 quarts is above full.
Does yours not read full after 5 quarts? Mine does. It's sure not a quart down.
5 quarts goes into mine each time.

It doesn’t take 6, takes 5

 

[JET_83]

These can go 10K miles under normal driving conditions (ideal driving conditions).
He never implied or stated his first oil change was 32,000 miles. You assumed that. He was simply stating the last oil change miles and what it's got now.

>> It has 36,200 miles on it. I changed it in august at 32,000 miles. I haven’t driven it much. Maybe I should have changed it even tho I haven’t put that many miles on it<<

Strongly doubt he was able to go 32,000 miles on the first and only oil and never added any! It would have been nearly empty.

Like I said we don’t know if he’s the original owner yet

 

[ShadowsPapa]

It doesn’t take 6, takes 5

Well DUH, sparky! DUH! I even said 5 puts it on the full mark and 6 would be above (demonstrating 5 matches the stick's full mark). Ya think I don't know what it takes? LOL

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Like I said we don’t know if he’s the original owner yet

So you think it went 32,000 miles without an oil change? Seriously?

 

[JET_83]

5 quarts brings mine to the full mark - is that what you mean? 6 quarts is above full.
Does yours not read full after 5 quarts? Mine does. It's sure not a quart down.
5 quarts goes into mine each time.

And every 5000-7500 is what’s recommended on the Pennzoil synthetic we use to change it

 

[JET_83]

So you think it went 32,000 miles without an oil change? Seriously?

Never said that but we don’t know how often and how many miles were put on it before he bought it if he’s not the original owner

 

[sharpsicle]

Never said that but we don’t know how often and how many miles were put on it before he bought it if he’s not the original owner

Really? Then what's this?

There in lies your problem, unfortunately since it wasn’t changed regularly it will always burn oil like that now.

...I’m saying if he didn’t change it until 30,000+ miles which makes sense why it would be burning an excess amount of oil...

Please just stop. You're all over the place trying to obfuscate your own statements and gaslight people. You are not even willing to admit to your own statements, let alone listen when others point out your inaccuracies.

 

[jac04]

Jet & Papa - You guys sure are entertaining...

 

[JET_83]

Really? Then what's this?


Please just stop. You're all over the place trying to obfuscate your own statements and gaslight people. You are not even willing to admit to your own statements, let alone listen when others point out your inaccuracies.

lol, back at you!

 

[LiftedrubiconJT]

I’ve owned the jeep since new. The manual says oil changes every 10,000 miles. I do mine every 5,000-7500 at the most. Always used pennzoil synthetic. Dealership did the first few with the wave program. Truck seems fine, same gas mileage and no weird noises. Just thought it was strange it was a quart low within 4,000 miles of oil change. Maybe the cold winter and snow pushed the motor more then normal. When I changed it I put 5 quarts. I see some people put 5.5 quarts so maybe that’s my issue

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