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I have a 2008 avalanche 5.3 I lever had a pr

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Old August 11th, 2018, 9:12 PM
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I have a 2008 5.3 avalanche, always get my oil change at chevy, never added oil, truck never smoked, never had to add oil. I recently had a check engine light come on went to chevy dealer that told me i needed intake manifold gasket.They did manifold gasket for 600.00 now every morning i starter the truck blue smoke come out of exhaust. Had to add oil for the first time since i own truck, brought back to dealer he said they did nothing wrong gaskets were installed properly manager said maybe rings are going bad. i said so chevy engines only last for 70,000 miles he said no maybe just your truck. any idea what it could be thankful for any ideas. Thank You
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the 08 5.3 with afm are known to have oil consumption problems. that said, I can't see how changing an intake manifold gasket...even if done wrong would cause oil consumption.




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