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older car oil leak adding a quart a week should you still change it even after added clean quart a week?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Not to be rude but your spilling oil out on the ground not cool! ... your also mixing clean oil to dirty oil so the oil is never clean. Have an oil leak diag done on it. Most times its a valve cover or oil pan gasket if your lucky at least have it looked at and try to have it fixed.

    Source(s): Pep Boys (tech)
  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    NO. if you're using quality oil, just change the filter once in a while.

    A new quart every week is the same as new oil forever, especially if you drive mostly freeway. If your trips are short, just keep an eye on the color of the oil. If it starts getting close to black, go ahead and change it.

    The contaminants cannot build up that quickly.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes you should still change the oil and filter when the service is due. Just because it leaks oil excessively, doesn't mean the sediment that settles in the bottom of the pan leaks out, or the filters filtering capabilities are increased.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes change the filter and oil put a thinker oil and a additive the particles still will get clogged in your engine sitting in the bottom of the pan make it last as long as you can

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  • Skeff
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    GET IT FIXED! You're adding a quart a week of dirty oil to the ground water, water ways and eventually to our estuaries and coastal waters.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Why do no longer you place your automobile on the hoist to work out the place is the oil leaking from? it would desire to be that the oil drain plug is loose, the oil filter out is loose or from the oil pan. You worst situation is the oil pan. are you able to attain each and all the screws on the oil pan? in case you may desire to, to swap the gasket isn't that confusing. All you may desire to do is to empty the oil, eliminate each and all the screws, the oil pan would drop an inch. that is all you go with. you may slip the oil pan gasket interior the hollow. Align it, one screw at a time, while they are all in place, tighten the screws.

  • 1 decade ago

    Quit polluting our environment! Get your car fixed!

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