Smelling a little oil,,,,,,

[GaryC]

Well I ran it up to 150 today but I smelled a slight oil smell, where do I start looking?

Concerns?

BTW, was surprised how smooth the car was, runs hard, still havent taken it over 5 grand yet.

1575 miles

thanks

 

[Ulysses]

Check the air intake shroud and see if there is any oil collecting on the bottom of the filter side. Happy Turkey Day.

 

[GaryC]

The air intake shroud is the air box, correct?

If there is oil there what does that mean?

 

[GaryC]

On my second oil change right now. Changed at 200 miles.


thanks

 

[Ulysses]

Sorry, Gary, yes the air box. You can puke oil in there if you try to stop on a dime or turn hard. But, stopping real hard is what I did once on the road and caused some oil to puke up and get sucked into the intakes.

Just for reference, I did not burn enough oil during breakin to even make it detectable.

 

[GaryC]

Talked to Mike(Viper tech dude) at Jack Powell today and he said not to worry, checked oil and after 1200 miles there is only a half a quart lost.

Is that above or below average for oil consumption?

thanks again guys.