Normal Oil Loss????

[Adam95GT]

Well... just put 2200 miles on the stang from the last oil change... i just hit the add line... is this normal oil loss in a stang??? it does look a little dark... and ive been a little hard on the motor... but for 205k that doesent seem bad... OH and im still using 5w 30 in it...

 

[HISSIN50]

Is all of the loss from burning or any from leakage?

Assuming it's from burning, that's not all bad considering that some of the driving was likely during hotter weather and you ran 5W oil.

I might run 10W-30 next summer if the rate of consumption slows over the winter.

Good luck.

 

[Adam95GT]

i actually thought thats not bad at all... there is not any leaks but still... i still wanna use the 5w30 because thats what the previous owner used the whole time he owned the car its running well so im gonna follow the trend. to me this means that the car has alot of life left in it. whats it from the add line to the full line 1quart??? and what are you suposed to put in every oil change... i never checked... i figure its around 5 i think i put about that in last time

 

[HISSIN50]

It should be one quart from low to high, though I have not checked it (after some of the fox dipsticks were mismarked, I think they got it right for the SN95's).

Yep, 5 quarts of oil with pulling both drain plugs and a standard (FL1A) filter.

 

[Adam95GT]

both drain plugs... i might of missed something...

 

[95opal]

both drain plugs... i might of missed something...

yes we have two plugs one towards the rear of the pan and one towards the front of the pan, you need to drain both.

 

[94-302-vert]

After about 1800 miles I put in one quart so I say within range for the entire oil change...

 

[parchisi]

With my engine:

forged pistons + rear main leak = about 1 qt per month

 

[1TallMF]

Yeah, that front plug boggled me the first time I changed the oil. That had me freaked out when I pulled the front plug and all that came out was like 6oz of oil. I'm sure Ford could have engineered the oil pan a bit differently. Oh well.
I go through maybe 1/4 - 1/2 quart every 3000 miles or so, thats Mobile 1 10W30 (previous owners ran this its whole life). I think its got at least another 100k miles left in it.