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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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Any info on 2001 LS1, mine sometimes uses oil.
Is this a ring or other problem & it is worse or noticible when driving hard. Never is noticible if RPMs are kept lower?????
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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The rings were changed to the higher pre-tension napier rings in 02. I think Hib Halverson wrote an article on this, try a google and see if you can find his article. If you can't, I have his e-mail and can contact him.

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thanks found it & printed
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Thanks for sharing
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I had my 01 reringed under warranty. It used 1 qt per 800 mi before. The rering solved the problem.
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I had my 01 reringed under warranty. It used 1 qt per 800 mi before. The rering solved the problem.
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