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yeah, ratty, beat to sh-t, not taken care of, dented up, dirty, worn out, abused. looks like it probably has an oil change done half as many times as it actually should.
that kinda truck lol.
How about trucks that have an oil change 1 out of every 10 times they should?
yeah, ratty, beat to sh-t, not taken care of, dented up, dirty, worn out, abused. looks like it probably has an oil change done half as many times as it actually should.
Oil lubricates the piston walls and rings. As the pistons rise they scrape a tiny amount into the combustion area. No oil above the rings equals wear and shorter life of the rings and walls. "ALL" motors use some oil, good long lasting motors use more. Probably why Ford says upto a quart a thousand.
Mine must be ready to last forever. Bish drinks the oil.
Oil lubricates the piston walls and rings. As the pistons rise they scrape a tiny amount into the combustion area. No oil above the rings equals wear and shorter life of the rings and walls. "ALL" motors use some oil, good long lasting motors use more. Probably why Ford says upto a quart a thousand.
ah. like I said, if it's using any oil I can't tell it. it's staying within the normal hash marks on the dipstick lol.
that's normally how things work when garbage is brought up. or used tires too, you know they've been used before and the tread might come loose on you.
the milkyness on the underside of the fill cap is normal. mine gets the same way. it's just from the moisture in the crankcase not evaporating and just mixing with the oil vapors instead. if it gets fully heated up and run for a while like 20 or so minutes down the road once it's at operating temp then it won't have that.
I doubt you forgot to refill otherwise you'd have found out the hard way a lot sooner than this.
I think it's more likely that it was the guy at work tampering with it than going that long with no oil. why does he hate you so much? any particular reason?
I figured that is what it was. It was about 35 degree and raining out yesterday when all this went down. It doesn't eat a drop of coolant, and there isn't a drop of coolant or oil on the driveway where I park every single night.
Also, the only thing that ever comes out of the exhaust is water vapor....
The guy hates me because he is a piece of crap who does his job like crap and I called him out on it. Then he failed to perform physical security properly (a big no no that can get us arrested) so I reported him...
Originally Posted by pon55
Someone would have to take out the drain plug (have a drain pan) and drain it. Just don't seem likely.
Anything is possible when you don't like someone. Where I park at work I am usually kind of hidden.
I also took my truck to the dealer last week to diagnose a misfire. I wonder if they did it on accident/purpose? Who knows.
Originally Posted by Cmanjr
yeah but if it's not mixing with coolant, and his truck has never burned or leaked oil before, and still didn't up until he had no oil, where else would the oil have gone?
This is my question. I have never been even a hair low on oil between oil changes. I am usually religious on my oil changes. I don't notice any leaks/burning oil. I feel like loosing this much oil I would have definitely seen a leak or at least smelt/seen some burning oil. I lost 5.5 quarts of oil!
Originally Posted by pon55
If "if" there is no sign of a leak anywhere it must be burning it.
But at this rate I should be able to see right?
I have even had people behind me while I get on it to see if I am burning oil at higher RPMS.
Originally Posted by Jbrew
Probably just using it, which is perfectly okay. Burning is different story, = internal problems.
Originally Posted by Jbrew
Do you write the miles down on the new filter ?
How many miles, is there any way to tell ?
Do recall purchasing 5 quarts oil to change it ? Any full quarts of oil left sitting around?
There must be some way to tell lol.
No, I usually do my oil changes with my wife car which I do every 6k miles. She drives twice as much as me.
Can't be much more than 6k miles. I drive 1000 miles a month. Even if I haven't changed the oil since September I still only went 5-6k miles depending on my extra trips.
This is the problem, I am pretty sure I changed the oil in December. I have 3/4 of a quart but that's from my wife car.
At this point I am stumped....
Originally Posted by Cmanjr
I guess I got lucky and got a good motor that doesn't burn any oil between changes. haha
Can't be much more than 6k miles. I drive 1000 miles a month. Even if I haven't changed the oil since September I still only went 5-6k miles depending on my extra trips.
This is the problem, I am pretty sure I changed the oil in December. I have 3/4 of a quart but that's from my wife car.
At this point I am stumped....
But, how much oil does it use between changes, you know, before this even happened?
02-08-2016, 05:43 PM
