Oil consumption... who has it?

[costnsg]

I have a 2017 with the plastic oil pan that leaked. It's now fine after the 3rd and finally successful attempt to address the leak. I was changing my own oil and showing 1/2 quart low after 5000 miles. The pan leak was slight with no oil ever showing on the garage floor, and I didn't think the leak was enough to explain the 1/2 quart of oil loss. However, since I got the pan sealed with no leaks, the oil usage is nil. It now has 27,000 miles on the odometer.

 

[GaRaptor]

I have always performed my own oil changes since new. Mobil 1 full synthetic. First at 2600 miles. Then at 7600 miles. Now I'm at a little over 10k. I've sent in a sample with each oil chg to Blackstone labs. Everything came back normal. Truck runs great and no problems knock on wood. I drive it like I stole it 75 % of the time and off-road every week. My truck uses a quart or more about every 5k miles. No smoking. No cel. I also have a catch can

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[cdurbin]

I have always performed my own oil changes since new. Mobil 1 full synthetic. First at 2600 miles. Then at 7600 miles. Now I'm at a little over 10k. I've sent in a sample with each oil chg to Blackstone labs. Everything came back normal. Truck runs great and no problems knock on wood. I drive it like I stole it 75 % of the time and off-road every week. My truck uses a quart or more about every 5k miles. No smoking. No cel. I also have a catch can

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[OPT PRIME]

It’s the valve covers. The design has the gaskets sealing the oil side from the intake side in very close proximity. The seals were updated as well as the PCV built into the top of them. This ended my oil burning. Photo for reference.






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[18BlueScrew]

Has anyone had any issues with their dealer stating that they could not find the SSM referenced above?

 

[FullAuto]

Has anyone had any issues with their dealer stating that they could not find the SSM referenced above?

I will let you know in a few days. Mine is going in next week.

 

[ColoradoBoss]

All turbo charged engines burn oil to some degree.

 

[OriginalToken]

My 2018 has about 18k miles on it. I do oil changes about every 3-4k. In that time the truck uses a perceptible, but not large, amount of oil, and has since day one. The oil drops maybe 1/4 inch (or a bit less) on the dipstick during 3-4k miles I put on each oil change. What that means in real oil use I have no idea, but should be well under a fifth of a quart.

That consumption does not particularly bother me. I have owned other motors that used that much oil from early on and still went hundreds of thousands of miles. Unless the consumption accelerates I am not concerned.

And yes, I have heard that boosted motors do tend to use a little oil. I have no idea if that is true or not, but it would not surprise me. Otherwise, why would catch cans or oil / air separators be so popular?

T!

 

[hwyman103]

Yes,...the borgwarners might be experiencing a little blow by,...

 

[FullAuto]

Guys... I'm talking about losing qts. between oil changes without any visible leaks. Enough that I set off "no oil pressure" warnings and stall out. This is excessive for this motor and I've now seen multiple owners of 18s with this issue.

Seems Ford is aware of it and has a fix:

https://ford.oemdtc.com/3651/oil-consumption-2017-2018-ford-f-150-2018-lincoln-navigator