God, I keep forgetting to put what year and engine down for everyone to reference. I think I just have to put it in my sig. Sorry about that.

I have a '91 Monty with a 3.0 V6, and in the short time I've had the truck, the dipstick measured in between the two notches, but in the 1400 miles I've driven it (approximately) the dipstick showed that the oil was below the "low" notch. Quite a bit of a loss... (it can be of course me reading the dipstick wrong, but I don't think so).

There is a slight smell of burnt oil every time I drive the truck and get out of it.. but no smoking of the tailpipe, at least grossly visible. There have been moments where the exhaust seems a bit too visible to the naked eye than I would think... but that could be my own personal opinion and it was a very subtle thing.

I'm considering at the next oil change to document and check regularly my oil levels to see if in fact that I am burning a considerable amount of oil.

Any thoughts on what could be the cause if in fact I am burning too much. Leaky gaskets? Cracked block? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Only time will tell I suppose... but at this point, it's still manageable.