I had this problem with my 92 CTD, a quart of oil every 200 miles. It ended up not burning oil, it was blowing it out the crank case bleed tub. I ended up having a very bad #1 cylinder. I suggest you take a sample of oil to Cat or someplace that tests oil and have them tell you what kind of stuff is floating around your engine. They can also tell you what part of the engine the metal is coming from. Good luck, I hope it is not the same thing that happened to me. :'(

 

Blowing a turbo oil seal = lots of blue/white smoke. :

 

My 97 just started burning oil so let me know what you figure out. Bearfoot you said a blown turbo seal= lotsa white/blue smoke ,well after my truck has been idling for a while it starts smoking pretty good but it will stop after I get goin a while... Does this sound like what your talkin about? It also smokes sometimes(at idle) from the crank case bleed tube... Im guessin this is bad :'(. Lemme know what ya think<br> Wheels<br>