88droptopgt

My 88 seems to be eating oil at a decent rate. I knew it woudl but....

No smoking, no puff at start, no leaking, nothing.

ANy idea's?

ckyguy68

All 5.0s burn a slight amount of oil from the factory. After 100xxx miles, it will burn quite a bit compared to other cars, but its nothing to worry about. My car has 113xxx miles on it, and burns about 1 quart per 1000 miles, which isnt that bad.

dimebag

you neibor cant afford oil. so he comes over at night and steals some

dimebag

any oil on the underside of the car? or anythign like that? mine was leaking from the back of the head gasket when i got it... found out there was a good 2inches missing outa the back of the valve cover gasket[:@]

88BlueGT

sucks... I dont burn a drop! 88K bitches

AdderMk2

I dont bur any either... 157k, but my oil pan gasket leaks about 1/2 quart per 3500 miles

yes... thats .5 quarts

WhiteFoxGT

Hell every week I gotta add a quart of oil. My car doesnt burn oil, but I'll be damned where its leaking from. All kinds of leaks and this motor only has 5k miles on it.

HACKGT350

damn man did you have someone build the motor for you? i would get that checked out thats messed up

and i dont burn a drop either in my 84 175k woohoo

craigwhite89gt

Mustangs are famous for sucking oil up the PCV on the back of the intake, and rear intake seals and sometime front like to leak especially if the intake has been off before and not put on right (Alot of black gasket maker)

Twisted

My 88 uses about a quart every 1500 miles. I simply added an oil separator onto the pcv system to keep the innards clean, and run the thing everyday with no problems. From all the reading I've done on the 5.0 oil burning issue, it seems that some do, while others don't. Sometimes I worry about it, but for the most part, I just run the bitch...and keep the oil fresh.