yep 2001 is indeed the year of the oil burners. it is well documented if you do your research
'01 Z06 using oil....
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'01 Z06 using oil....
I recently bought a 2001 Z06, with 7034 miles on it. I installed a cam, headers, and A & A Vortech S/C. The car dyno'd ay 580 rwhp, 490 rwtq on Monday. Checked the oil yesterday, and it was maybe 1/4" from the completely full mark. Last night I drove it to a test and tune, about 25 miles away. While waiting in staging, the "low oil level" message appeared. I ran anyway....just once....then drove it home. Nobody had any Mobil one synthetic. When I got home, I had to put about a quart and a half in, to reach the full mark. I know there are some issues with these early LS6's with oil consumption, but this seems a bit ridiiculous. I previously owned anothe '01 Z06, which I sold with 6600 miles on it. Never had to add oil between changes. That car, I changed the oil every 1000, to 1500 miles. This has no visible leaks. Is the only solution to do a complete tear down, and replaxce the rings? Does GM consider this a warranty recall problem? By the way, the 1/4 mile run sucked.....13.0 at 126 mph. No traction....I have a new set of M/T Drag radials for sale if anyone is interested over on the "parts for sale" forum.
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And NO, you didn't lose more than a quart of oil in 50 miles because of your rings (well maybe, if you completely forgot to put rings in it) you have a MASSIVE OIL LEAK from the engine.
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well I had oil consumption and it was 1.5 quarts in 800 hard miles of driving. 25 miles and 1 1/4 mile run is not going to cause that much losse from the ring. Better start looking other places.
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