burning oil

[Doctor Fishtail]

find a good dealer and return it to stock and take it in.

Putting it back to stock would be a waste of time. He is tuned. That is all they need to see to deny warranty and they will see it.

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[Doctor Fishtail]

yea taking off headers would be hard. I sold the stock exhaust anyway. I wouldn't think headers would be a cause of oil consumption and should not be relevant.

What are your AFRs? That will let you know how rich you are or how lean. This is important to eliminate this for being the problem.

 

[svtfever]

these are what my af ratios are [ame="[MEDIA=youtube]-aNEyo0pbns[/MEDIA]"]

 

[RubyRedBoost]

I know this sounds weird but check your drain plug on the oil pan. Mine was leaking like a SOB. Ford replaced the crush gasket twice before it stopped leaking. Well I paid for three new gaskets they probably only replaced it once. After that my oil level has been normal.

 

[Doctor Fishtail]

these are what my af ratios are

It is hard to see but I saw 13s and 14s while you were driving. Definitely not running rich. Look at your idle AFR.

 

[svtfever]

idle is around the same

 

[IvanCRF]

Did you break your car in hard enough?

 

[svtfever]

Did you break your car in hard enough?

sure did

 

[Competition Orange]

85 percent of the time I baby the car on the street.

sure did

Just to clarify, you broke it in hard, but baby it on the street?

You're modded, almost a zero chance you'll get this fixed via warranty.

 

[svtfever]

I broke it in normal like you supposed to. I didn't even drive it crazy for the first 1k miles. I changed oil at 3500 I think. I now have 6200 miles and have owned it for 8 months. my oil sep also fills up 1/3 jlt can every 500 miles or so

 

[NightmareMoon]

My 5.0 burns a fair bit of oil. So far maybe 3-4 quarts in 9k miles.

Air/fuels are fine. Catch can doesn't collect all that much. No oil on the driveway or drips under the car. No other symptoms of a problem.

FWIW, I do drive it pretty hard and the car sees track and autox time. If its a problem other than having to spend a few $$ on an extra quart of oil every now and then, I'll take it to the dealer, because my drivetrain is completely stock. So far it doesn't seem to be anything to much to worry about.

So my advice is don't worry too much about it. Seems normal (or at least not uncommon) for some cars.

 

[IvanCRF]

I broke it in normal like you supposed to. I didn't even drive it crazy for the first 1k miles.

I broke my car in very hard and my oil level stays the same.

 

[svtfever]

I'm running some ideas with the dealership right now. I'm not overly worried but want to make sure it's somewhat normal

 

[longbowsvt]

Prior 13F here, always nice to see fellow fisters around.

 

[svtfever]

Prior 13F here, always nice to see fellow fisters around.

yea brother. !!!

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