What are the methods to determine engine oil burning?

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BriellaDella
07/25/25 9:56am
Here are the methods to determine engine oil burning: 1. During maintenance, fill the engine oil to the upper limit line. Check the oil level at the next maintenance cycle. If it is below the lower limit without any oil leakage, then the engine is burning oil. 2. When the vehicle is driving or idling, if a large amount of blue smoke is emitted from the exhaust pipe when the driver steps hard on the accelerator, this indicates that the oil burning phenomenon is already quite severe. This is called acceleration oil burning. 3. In addition to blue smoke from the exhaust pipe, you may also see pulsating blue smoke coming from the oil filler port. In this case, it indicates that the engine damage is already very serious.
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