How reliable is the Coyote V8?

[DivineStrike]

I loved the looks I'd get from the gate guard when I pulled up in my focus covered in mud hahaha

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[Rob00GT]

I wonder if there is a correlation between oil use in the first 5k miles or so and how you treated your engine at break in? I babied mine the first thousand miles, didn't use full power and kept it below 5k RPM. Got more aggressive in the second thousand miles using full power and letting the engine slow the car down. By 2500 or 3000 miles the engine was noticeably stronger.

I'm now at 5k miles and my dipstick shows the oil level to be at the bottom of normal. I was planning to change the oil at 5k and 10k anyway so it doesn't worry me. I expected it to burn some based on my slower break-in cycle.

Any other thoughts?

 

[Asharus]

before the rings are broken in, there will be some blow-by. there's a fine line that's not measurable. if you go for a hard break in, the rings will break in faster, but in the process, you may burn oil faster.

during a mild break in, the rings don't seat until much later, but perhaps you don't burn as much because you hardly went WOT.

either way it doesn't matter. as long as it eventually breaks in, after that point, you shouldn't burn more than 1 quart over 7500 miles, at least IMO.

 

[Lowrider]

Speaking of oil...The ford oil dipstick is not easy to read. There is no full or low mark. How do you guys read it?

A photo for illustration would be nice.

 

[Asharus]

bottom line is min, top line is max, middle of crosshatch is 8 quarts.

 

[Lowrider]

So if the motor takes 8 quarts...shd the dipstick read full in the middle of the cross hatch?.... When the oil is warm.... I don't get the logic of max and then the cross hatch mid reading.

 

[Asharus]

the only important thing to note is that when u change the oil and put a full 8 quarts in, the dipstick is at the middle crosshatch, and to never go above or below the bottom/top marks.

 

[Lowrider]

Gotcha...thanks...but...I wonder why they make it awkward to read...Americans! I bet people in China and Europe find it queer too.

 

[Asharus]

it's definitely one of those quirky dipsticks, just like my subaru. the bmw dipsticks (when they existed) were really easy to read.

 

[Teezlr]

I wonder if there is a correlation between oil use in the first 5k miles or so and how you treated your engine at break in? I babied mine the first thousand miles, didn't use full power and kept it below 5k RPM. Got more aggressive in the second thousand miles using full power and letting the engine slow the car down. By 2500 or 3000 miles the engine was noticeably stronger.

I'm now at 5k miles and my dipstick shows the oil level to be at the bottom of normal. I was planning to change the oil at 5k and 10k anyway so it doesn't worry me. I expected it to burn some based on my slower break-in cycle.

Any other thoughts?

Burn more oil cruising during break in or burn more oil running it hard.... I would think running it hard until the rings seated.

I ran mind kind hard and was half a quart low in the first 300 miles.

 

[Teezlr]

So half full on the dipstick is actually full? wtf

 

[Asharus]

not saying its full, but its where it sits after an oil change and putting in a full 8 quarts.

probably because when the oil is full hot it reaches the top of the stick.

treat the dipstick as min/max marks on bottom/top lines. that's all.

 

[Mvalenti]

Not a fan of the nightclubs but the mud, damn, such a pain in the ass.



I did it one more time in my '06 F250 (this was my '01) and swore it off forever!

Some detailing spray and she is back to show quality..

 

[Strokerswild]

Hell, run a duster over it, good as new.

 

[Sandy Law]

Mine's lasted 2400 miles with absolutely zero problems. It's a beast.

Wait until you reach 70k

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