getting worried: burning oil? kinda long

5spd GT · Jun 8, 2006

BurningRubber said:
Yup, its a 4.0...

I know its not possible not to consume ANY oil at all, but what I meant was it doesnt burn oil to any noticable extent. The oil level doesnt move on the dip stick from the beginning to end of oil change, though it does quite a bit on the Mustang.

The oil consumption is neglegible on the Jeep, but I have to pay attention to it on the Mustang... if that makes better sense, haha.

Track times to prove it I dont have, but they would be a little offset by the larger tires and the dead weight from tools and other stuff its carrying. Its smoked plenty of ricers, few trucks, SUV's, and some 3.8 Mustangs.

I could see you having a point if you owned both the stang and jeep from the day you got it from a new dealership and did regular oil changes...but I'm sure one was bought used atleast So you don't know how it was broke in or driven.

I wasn't talking about track times from your Jeep, I was referring to the original poster saying the car runs "good as new."

BurningRubber · Jun 8, 2006

Gotcha gotcha.

Both are used, and I know the Mustang was beat on, however I dont think the Jeep was untill I bought it, lol.

46gtsblown · Jun 9, 2006

And to answer your question the no switching bull is just that an old wives tale.
I have 90,000 on my 96 supercharged for the past 50k use synthetic changed 1 time a year with a filter change and top off at 6 months.
I burn maybe 2 qts in a year including the 1/2 qt used to replace what I lose when I change the filter.
Changing synthetic every 3000 miles is just a waste of money and introduces a lot of waste oil into the system to be recycled.
I am not a tree hugging dirt worshiper but I do what I can to reduce my eco footprint.

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