Re: using oil RE: Fwd: A look inside 200k mi. engine

["Mike Guidotti" <mikeeg@mindspring.com>]

I have to disagree with this. I have an 87 5000 TQ with 155K miles on it and
it does not use any oil that I can tell, including track use where the oil
temp reaches 250 degrees F which is more than enough to burn off
moisture.(this includes 2 days of driving at Watkins Glen with myself and a
friend driving the car in a different run group and then driving the car
back to south carolina all without any loss of oil on the dipstick) I have
owned the car since 61K miles and have always used Mobil 1 with factory
filters changed about every 3-4K miles depending on the type of driving I
was doing.
The car has been chipped for 3 years now with a IA chip and 14psi boost. Who
knows maybe I am just lucky, but my car does not consume oil to the point
where it is noticeable on the dipstick.
Mike Guidotti
87 5KTQ
PS I had the oil pan off a few months ago to install the newer style oil
pickup and the pan was very clean as was the underside of the engine for
whatever that is worth.


> Contrary to popular believe (which many time is based on totally false
> analogy!), using a Q of oil between oil changes is excellent. Nothing
wrong
> with it! Most OEM will tell you that a Q for 1000 miles is acceptable.
Your
> driving habits (whatever they maybe) will contribute a lot more to oil
loss
> (or gain, crank case volume) than any other mechanical failure.
> Most of the "boasting" that I continuously see and hear of not losing any
> oil are totally meaningless, all it means is that they are "making oil" by
> not totally evaporating the moisture in the crank case. Your deposits
inside
> the crank case should not have any connection (probably!) with your "loss
of
> oil" actually the opposite is true.
> Don't worry about your "oil usage" you will have plenty of other problems
to
> worry about especially with an 86 5K, good luck!
> Take care,
> Avi
>