Q: My 2006 Silverado truck seems to be burning oil is this an expensive fix?
My 2006 silverado seems to be short in oil every 2 weeks a check it, it doesn't seems to be dripping so I'm assuming it burning it. Is this an expensive fix?
My car has 110000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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