Can anyone advise me I have a lovely p38 autobiography 4.6 which I have not used for 12 months due to it overheating and burning oil
I HAD THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED AND ALL WAS GOOD EXCEPT THAT THE CAR STARTED BURNING OIL IT NEVER DID THAT BEFORE THE HEADS WERE TAKEN OFF ALSO IT THEN OVERHEATED SO i PARKED IT UP i DONT KNOW IF i HAVE A LINER PROBLEM OR NOT i WANT TO USE THE CAR AGAIN BUT DONT NO WHAT TO DO FOR THE BEST HELP!!:doh::doh::violent:

My '97 4.6 has a similar problem. Never burned oil until I did the head gaskets. Now I dearn't take it out in public due to the plumes of smoke. It burned through 2 liters of oil in less than 200 miles. Everything I have tested has been good. Wish i could get to the bottom of this sooner rather than later.

Im no expert, but it sounds like when the engine was over heated it got that hot, that the piston rings more so the oil rings have got stuck in there groove's in the pistons, therefore letting the oil come up by it and its getting burnt at detonation , either way its going to be an engine out and strip down to repair it,

regards jim

jimsnapon said:

either way its going to be an engine out and strip down to repair it,
regards jim

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At the risk of stating the obvious, you need to confirm, or otherwise, the sus. liner problem first as if that's the case you are looking at a replacement block anyway.