Any known factors affecting oil consumption?

[Knigh7s]

I seem to remember one member here (maybe AlaskaVX?) saying that he and his mechanic found a small leak from the back of one of his valve cover gaskets that was his oil loss culprit. Hardly noticeable even when they knew it was there, but something like that may account for the burning smell you notice at start-up...ie; oil leaks past the valve cover gasket after shutdown, then onto the exhaust manifold, and as the exhaust mainfold heats up at start-up, the oil that has leaked onto it is burned off. But since the burning oil smell is just carried off with the airflow over the engine during driving conditions, even though there still may be oil leaking onto your exhaust manifold, you wouldn't be able to smell it as easily.

Not saying that's it, but the symptoms seem to fit anyway.

Thanks for that info, I'm for sure checking that out this weekend.

PCV valve was one of my issues. i have discussed in previous posts. shawn

I've done the PCV change religiously, but seem to have the problem still. I have noticed that I had oil blowby from the grommet (about 1 week after installing a new one), but very very little. I think it is because the PCV I'm using is to thin at the bottom. I will be buying a new grommet soon and see if that helps that situation any...