As some of you know, ive been having oil consumption issues with my 5.0, its been eating a litre every 500 kilometers. The car runs great and doesnt smoke on startup, revs or driving, so I was stumped as to where the oil was going. At a cruise awhile ago we were running at 160 kph on the highway and my buddy said he noticed I was blowing some smoke.. its time to get to the bottom of this.
I just pulled the plugs and did a compression test, the compression for all 8 cylinders is 150 to 155. All plugs look clean, except plug number 3 (see pics)
^all plugs look like this except 3
^plug 3
I hope the good compression test indicates my rings are fine (should be with only 110,000 kilometers on the car), so Im assuming my problem is in the valve seals of cylinder 3. My question is, what could be possibly causing my oil consumption/plug fouling? Any insight will be GREATLY appreciated.. I want to fix my stang thanks
I just pulled the plugs and did a compression test, the compression for all 8 cylinders is 150 to 155. All plugs look clean, except plug number 3 (see pics)
^all plugs look like this except 3
^plug 3
I hope the good compression test indicates my rings are fine (should be with only 110,000 kilometers on the car), so Im assuming my problem is in the valve seals of cylinder 3. My question is, what could be possibly causing my oil consumption/plug fouling? Any insight will be GREATLY appreciated.. I want to fix my stang thanks