Nuke

Any chance it was low to begin with? I rarely go more than a few weeks without checking oil level in ANY of my vehicles.

shoeys08dkcandygt

Don't think so since I am the one who poured 8 quarts into the engine. U know I work at a land rover dealer nuke. At least I'm changing my own oil and not taking it to Ford. Lol. How's Florida?

157dB

Whom did the first oil change?
Did they not put enough in it from the get go?

I put 5 quarts in her and she has 5 quarts when I drain her.

The 'oil gauge' is a glorified idiot light.
It shows that you have oil pressure
and thats about it.

shoeys08dkcandygt

I did. It's only had one oil change. The 11-12 gt oil life is 10k miles. I changed it at 8k. Only at 14.5k now

Nuke

Superb, shoey, superb. The g/f is no longer my g/f. We got hitched in January.

I'd check the oil regularly, now that you think you may have a problem. Just keep tabs on it until it gets to the lower line on the dipstick before adding more so you can get a feel for how fast it's losing oil, assuming it IS losing oil. Keep us posted.

shoeys08dkcandygt

Congrats on getting married buddy. And yes i will def be checking the oil on a regular basis from now on. And will keep posted on what I find. Runs like a raped ape so we will see next thurs what she runs in the 1/4. Heading to Memphis for the red hot chili peppers show and meeting up with my uncle to hit the drag strip for a couple of hrs before. First time going to the track. I'm worried I'm going to get addicted. Lol

JimmyM

When I did my first oil change on my 2012 I only dumped out 6 quarts even though Ford says 8 in user manual..

Deki

From owning an oil burning G35 5 years ago, I got used to checking oil every fill up, so that habit stuck with my 5.0. 13k miles on it and so far so good.

audioAl

Great reply, my Dad taught me about checking oil, how to change oil and plugs. The
classic cars like my 67 Camaro, we could easily work on. Today's cars are a little harder.
We must remember to do it ourselves first.
I told the service dept. and the salesman at my new dealer I needed a tire rotation
they stated: "How do you know"? I said, I looked at the front and the rear, I know.

moosestang

If you burned 3 quarts of oil, i'd expect to see some fouled spark plugs. That's a lot of oil!