502 MAG Lost 4 Quarts of oil in a hour long run...any ideas??
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They make a UV oil dye. Add some to your oil and Go run it for a bit. Use a UV light to chase it down to the source. It could be a oil line to a loose oil filter. Check your oil pres sending unit I had one crack .
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I have seen dip sticks blow up and out or completely out. Cylinders worn, out of round. Valve seats leaking by. Valve guides worn and oil going out the exhaust. Dye check as others stated for leaks. Compression and or leak down test will give you better info and direction to go.
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I would be curious if it is a cracked hose. Only leaks once it gets hot. Then the hose expanded and starts leaking. Or I would take the filter off and make sure it doesn't have 2 gaskets. Sometimes the old gaskets stays on the housing and people forget to take it off when putting the new filter on.
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I would be curious if it is a cracked hose. Only leaks once it gets hot. Then the hose expanded and starts leaking. Or I would take the filter off and make sure it doesn't have 2 gaskets. Sometimes the old gaskets stays on the housing and people forget to take it off when putting the new filter on.
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They are ust going by the OP's descriptions.
40-50psi oil psi is 40-50psi oil pressure. Doesn't matter if at idle/low speeds vs 4k rpm and up. We are talking leaks that see oil psi here.
So, crankcase pressure will rise as the rpm's go up, throttle get's opened, and more power get's made. This is why when someone's dipstick get's pushed out it will happen under these circumstances. Worn rings, or even worse broken ring land, will do this. Oil dipstick tube to oil pan is closest to oil level, and if it isn't sealing right, and higher crankcase pressure..it will leak bad. This is what people are saying above...not that the oil is being burnt.
I vote for the dye also....if the OP has looked everywhere as much as possible.
Clean oil and black motors canmake some leaks hard to find.
40-50psi oil psi is 40-50psi oil pressure. Doesn't matter if at idle/low speeds vs 4k rpm and up. We are talking leaks that see oil psi here.
So, crankcase pressure will rise as the rpm's go up, throttle get's opened, and more power get's made. This is why when someone's dipstick get's pushed out it will happen under these circumstances. Worn rings, or even worse broken ring land, will do this. Oil dipstick tube to oil pan is closest to oil level, and if it isn't sealing right, and higher crankcase pressure..it will leak bad. This is what people are saying above...not that the oil is being burnt.
I vote for the dye also....if the OP has looked everywhere as much as possible.
Clean oil and black motors canmake some leaks hard to find.
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Check the rear of the intake manifold where it meets the block. They will puke oil out of there if the gasket does not seal properly, not uncommon if rubber gasket is used instead of sealer. Only will puke if under load, oil will be sprayed all over inside transom. Good luck.