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Chevy Equinox Generations Forum
2nd Gen : 2010-2017 Chevy Equinox
2012 equinox needs a litre of oil every week, what’s the solution?
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<blockquote data-quote="2012Equinox2.4Turbo" data-source="post: 21257" data-attributes="member: 7598"><p>I apologize for not responding sooner. I don't spend a lot of time on forums. One thing you should check is the crankcase breather that leads from the valve cover to the plastic intake resonator stamped ECOTEC on the top of your engine. It can get plugged up inside. Here is a pic of my 2.4 before I yanked it at about 225k mi.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2270[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Pull the hose I marked in red while running to see if anything is coming out. If not or not much, you will have to pull the valve cover and clean it all out. The area I marked in blue is an orifice that some people believe causes the problem, but that's not it. You can also pull that hose off momentarily and see if you hear a hiss. You probably will. The oil isn't burning in the sense that you'd see smoke out of the exhaust, instead, the oil is being evaporated. This problem is not just a GM thing either. Do a Google search on GDI engines with excessive oil consumption. Direct injection causes a lot of carbon build up because the fuel is injected on top of the piston instead of through the intake where the fuel can keep everything clean.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2012Equinox2.4Turbo, post: 21257, member: 7598"] I apologize for not responding sooner. I don't spend a lot of time on forums. One thing you should check is the crankcase breather that leads from the valve cover to the plastic intake resonator stamped ECOTEC on the top of your engine. It can get plugged up inside. Here is a pic of my 2.4 before I yanked it at about 225k mi. [ATTACH type="full" alt="EQUINOX1.jpg"]2270[/ATTACH] Pull the hose I marked in red while running to see if anything is coming out. If not or not much, you will have to pull the valve cover and clean it all out. The area I marked in blue is an orifice that some people believe causes the problem, but that's not it. You can also pull that hose off momentarily and see if you hear a hiss. You probably will. The oil isn't burning in the sense that you'd see smoke out of the exhaust, instead, the oil is being evaporated. This problem is not just a GM thing either. Do a Google search on GDI engines with excessive oil consumption. Direct injection causes a lot of carbon build up because the fuel is injected on top of the piston instead of through the intake where the fuel can keep everything clean. [/QUOTE]
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Chevy Equinox Generations Forum
2nd Gen : 2010-2017 Chevy Equinox
2012 equinox needs a litre of oil every week, what’s the solution?
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