2018 5.0 V8 Oil Consumption - Have you checked lately?
03-25-2019, 08:35 PM
#21
Same here
Yeah just dropped off my truck it wasn’t even on the stick put a qaurt and a halve and it just got to the end of the stick. They going to do an oil cosuption test now. Truck has 4700 miles on it
Hello,
I've got about 4500 miles on my new truck thus far and this past weekend decided to take a look at the oil level. To my dismay, the dipstick was dry
It appears that I was down 2qts or so. No warning indicator lights anywhere. One would think being down more than a quart would trigger a warning.
Anyone else have a motor consuming oil at fairly quick rate? Maybe it wasn't filled up properly at the factory in the first place? Dunno.
My 2013 Mustang 5.0 would drink about a half quart every few weeks or so but I beat on it a good bit. This 2018 has been treated kindly, so far, but seems to be set on drinking even more oil. Hopefully its just the new motor working itself in and usage will normalize at some point.
I've got about 4500 miles on my new truck thus far and this past weekend decided to take a look at the oil level. To my dismay, the dipstick was dry
It appears that I was down 2qts or so. No warning indicator lights anywhere. One would think being down more than a quart would trigger a warning.
Anyone else have a motor consuming oil at fairly quick rate? Maybe it wasn't filled up properly at the factory in the first place? Dunno.
My 2013 Mustang 5.0 would drink about a half quart every few weeks or so but I beat on it a good bit. This 2018 has been treated kindly, so far, but seems to be set on drinking even more oil. Hopefully its just the new motor working itself in and usage will normalize at some point.
04-12-2019, 12:51 PM
#22
Junior Member
Im in the same boat here. 2018 5.0. Just under 6k miles and i have added 4 qts total. I added 2qts at 2 different times. Getting its first oil change tomorrow. Its time to start documenting everything. Really disapointed, first new truck. First the whistling @1800rpm then the rattle when cold decelerating and now this.
04-12-2019, 01:21 PM
#23
They fixed it
Im in the same boat here. 2018 5.0. Just under 6k miles and i have added 4 qts total. I added 2qts at 2 different times. Getting its first oil change tomorrow. Its time to start documenting everything. Really disapointed, first new truck. First the whistling @1800rpm then the rattle when cold decelerating and now this.
04-23-2019, 07:01 PM
#25
Senior Member
Hello,
I've got about 4500 miles on my new truck thus far and this past weekend decided to take a look at the oil level. To my dismay, the dipstick was dry
It appears that I was down 2qts or so. No warning indicator lights anywhere. One would think being down more than a quart would trigger a warning.
Anyone else have a motor consuming oil at fairly quick rate? Maybe it wasn't filled up properly at the factory in the first place? Dunno.
My 2013 Mustang 5.0 would drink about a half quart every few weeks or so but I beat on it a good bit. This 2018 has been treated kindly, so far, but seems to be set on drinking even more oil. Hopefully its just the new motor working itself in and usage will normalize at some point.
I've got about 4500 miles on my new truck thus far and this past weekend decided to take a look at the oil level. To my dismay, the dipstick was dry
It appears that I was down 2qts or so. No warning indicator lights anywhere. One would think being down more than a quart would trigger a warning.
Anyone else have a motor consuming oil at fairly quick rate? Maybe it wasn't filled up properly at the factory in the first place? Dunno.
My 2013 Mustang 5.0 would drink about a half quart every few weeks or so but I beat on it a good bit. This 2018 has been treated kindly, so far, but seems to be set on drinking even more oil. Hopefully its just the new motor working itself in and usage will normalize at some point.
When the 5.0 gets like 4500 miles on it.
We make a appointment with the dealer and take it in and have the oil Changed.
And let them check everything else.
Used to always work on my own vehicles all my life.
Now I just have the dealer to do it.
Not worried about saving the extra money.
If it runs low on oil and the motor goes bad.
Ford has on record that I brought it in and they changed the oil.
They will be the ones paying for the repair.
They tell me the air filter is very dirty or the wiper blades needs replaced.
The Ol says take care of it.
04-24-2019, 12:02 PM
#26
Hey
They changed my pvc valve and everything is going good don’t know how your filters got that dirty unless you on a dirt most of the time. My trucks oil dipstick didn’t have oil on it either and it was 4 to 5 qts low also I attached the bulletin that Ford put out
08-23-2019, 03:02 AM
#27
The manual says to not tow or push the engine hard for the first 1000 miles. I followed this recommendation.
After 1000 miles I got on it at times to "help seat the rings"...not sure if this is really necessary?
Currently at 2300 miles, no oil consumption. Running perfect.
5.0L Coyote V8
I'm running Shell's new Rotella for "Gas Trucks" 5w-20 as I wanted a full synthetic vs Motorcraft's Blend.
Shell's new 'Gas Truck' Rotella meets the new Ford oil spec (WSS-M2C945-B1)
After 1000 miles I got on it at times to "help seat the rings"...not sure if this is really necessary?
Currently at 2300 miles, no oil consumption. Running perfect.
5.0L Coyote V8
I'm running Shell's new Rotella for "Gas Trucks" 5w-20 as I wanted a full synthetic vs Motorcraft's Blend.
Shell's new 'Gas Truck' Rotella meets the new Ford oil spec (WSS-M2C945-B1)