2011 5.0 Oil Burning
06-10-2011, 04:59 PM
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2011 5.0 Oil Burning
6800 miles on my '11 GT.
Been burning 1QT per 1,000 miles since new. Figured it would ease up as engine broke in, but it hasn't. Dealership talked to FoMoCo and they said that it's not a problem unless it gets to 1QT per 500 miles
Curious to hear what others are seeing for oil use.
Could have sworn I've read a thread on this here, but I can't seem to find it.
So lets see, change the oil at 8K intervals = 8 quarts, plus another 8 out the tail pipe = 16Q per 8K miles. So that's 2,000 miles per gallon on the oil. Just sayin.
Been burning 1QT per 1,000 miles since new. Figured it would ease up as engine broke in, but it hasn't. Dealership talked to FoMoCo and they said that it's not a problem unless it gets to 1QT per 500 miles
Curious to hear what others are seeing for oil use.
Could have sworn I've read a thread on this here, but I can't seem to find it.
So lets see, change the oil at 8K intervals = 8 quarts, plus another 8 out the tail pipe = 16Q per 8K miles. So that's 2,000 miles per gallon on the oil. Just sayin.
06-10-2011, 07:43 PM
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Doesn't seem right...I haven't lost barely any oil on my first set of included motorcraft blend or my changed in Amsoil. I'd take it to another dealer and see what they say about it, because 1qt of oil per thousand miles is a quite a bit of oil disappearing. I assume you've checked to make sure there's no minor leaks from the oil pan drain plug or oil filter gasket?
06-10-2011, 07:53 PM
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Doesn't seem right...I haven't lost barely any oil on my first set of included motorcraft blend or my changed in Amsoil. I'd take it to another dealer and see what they say about it, because 1qt of oil per thousand miles is a quite a bit of oil disappearing. I assume you've checked to make sure there's no minor leaks from the oil pan drain plug or oil filter gasket?
06-10-2011, 08:05 PM
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Wow sorry to hear that, I hope they can correct the issue or at least make it better. This is not that uncommon of a problem on new engine designs.
I remember in 2001 when chevy/corvette first brought out the Z06 it would burn oil as well. I know they corrected the problem for 02, but all the folks that bought the 01's had to deal with that issue. I don't remember if they did a recall or not.
I remember in 2001 when chevy/corvette first brought out the Z06 it would burn oil as well. I know they corrected the problem for 02, but all the folks that bought the 01's had to deal with that issue. I don't remember if they did a recall or not.
06-10-2011, 08:14 PM
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