Why change oil? These Tritons use so much....and it's "acceptable"!
11-14-2010, 03:23 PM
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11-14-2010, 07:03 PM
#13
This is not as big of a deal on modular motors as you think. When these engines use it it's not the same as "burning" out the tail pipe.
Lucas oil stabilizer will help this if it's just worrying you to death. I use it and mine don't use any when I do.
As far as your original question yes....just keep a clean filter and keep adding to it.
Lucas oil stabilizer will help this if it's just worrying you to death. I use it and mine don't use any when I do.
As far as your original question yes....just keep a clean filter and keep adding to it.
11-15-2010, 02:05 AM
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Have a 2000 f150 with the 5.4, looses about half a quart every 3k miles but change the oil then so do not add any. Could just depend on the tolerances the engine was built to. Have an 03 mustang with the 4 valve and it does not seem to loose any oil, also has about 75k on it.
11-15-2010, 03:27 PM
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It's loses not looses...I have a 94 Mustang with 151,000 miles on it & it doesn't burn ANY oil in 3,000 miles & 1/2 qt. up to 6,000 miles. My F150 with a 5.4 burns no oil in 6,000 miles nor does my wifes Sable with 135,000 miles on it! I know some might but I can't stand that. Just like I won't let it leak oil from any gasket no matter how old it is.
11-15-2010, 08:40 PM
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my 97 4.6 with 204,000 miles didn't burn any oil in 3000 miles and my new 03 5.4 with 163,000 miles doesn't burn any oil and in my new one i only run 6 quarts of motocraft 5w20 and 1/2 a quart of lucas and my old one i just ran 6 quarts of havoline 10w or 5w something i forgot
11-15-2010, 10:21 PM
#19
My 97 with 138,000 doesn't burm any oil at all nor does it leak. I use 20w-50 in the summer heat and 10-30 in the winter. I also do a full kerosene flush when going from the heavy to the light stuff
11-16-2010, 12:05 PM
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My truck is a 4.2 so it does not use any oil.
My Crown Vic V8 does use about one quart every 1000 miles.
I change the oil every 6000 miles since I add so much oil. I agree with your point about constantly changing oil, I just split the difference.
I actually know people that have NEVER changed the oil on their big Ford engines which are in perfect shape and they have really high mileage and they just kept adding oil, but I'm not that brave.
My Crown Vic V8 does use about one quart every 1000 miles.
I change the oil every 6000 miles since I add so much oil. I agree with your point about constantly changing oil, I just split the difference.
I actually know people that have NEVER changed the oil on their big Ford engines which are in perfect shape and they have really high mileage and they just kept adding oil, but I'm not that brave.