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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RE Mac" data-source="post: 1893463" data-attributes="member: 65802">I own and fly airplanes and check the oil every time I fly, before and after getting in the plane.  The reason for this is it could literally kill me if I am in flight and the engine locks up because I don’t have any oil in it.  I’m simply not going to check oil on a truck between regular 3k mile oil changes that’s under warranty for another 50k miles.  Kind of crazy anyone would do that IMO.  Like outboard engines, you don’t have to touch them for years - the manufacturers use that as a selling point.  In the last 20 years and a dozen trucks, I’ve never had a service advisor, sales person, GM or anyone at any dealership tell me to check the oil between intervals, even with this issue.  Again, I think they knew what was going to happen and wanted the engine work b/c they’re going to make a lot of $ on it.  Just the short block, assuming nothing else is wrong after they tear it down (unlikely), is $12k.  I spoke to the ford rep today and he said this is a known issue and although it doesn’t happen often, it’s happened enough for them to know exactly what the issue is and what caused it.  That’s where it gets a little fuzzy because he wouldn’t tell me what exactly causes it “ for legal reasons”. I.e.  lemon law</blockquote>

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