Originally Posted by bartamos

I am not down on young people. But age matters because you can't get experience in a book. It takes doing and making mistakes, it's called learning and that takes years. It's no ones fault that it takes years. Some kids who go into engineering have had a lot of experience at home, on the ranch, at the farm, odd jobs or from their Dad and Mom. Many DO NOT. I should not have used the word punk. I was mad. If you notice I am blaming the persons responsible for mentoring and reviewing the work (dip stick access, etc) I have the 5.0 engine. Nice! I don't see anything wrong with sealing tannys and Xfer cases. They now last way long and if they don't leak, they don't need checked because the modern fluids don't "break down" or loose effectiveness. So it's OK. Xfer cases don't get 500 miles on them in a lifetime for most of us. Of course people in Alaska and elsewhere get more. But the gears and bearings and seals will last the life of the truck which is probably, in most cases, 200,000 mi plus. I'm just mad about the oil maintenance issues, NOW GET THIS!!!!!! The 5.0 takes 7.7 QTS of oil. Here we go again. 7.7 qts? Would a slightly bigger pan or a slightly longer filter make it to 8 Qts? What the hell are we all going to do with .3 qts ???? I guess we will have some for our oil cans so we can oil up our lug nuts or something. After two oil changes I will have .6 accumulated. Still not enough for a .7 shot. I calculated that if we leave 1.20 ounces in each bottle, we could use 8 Qts.
By the way, .3 qts more would be 9.6 oz. Would 9.6 oz blow up the engine seals or foam oil out all over the dip stick? (if you could locate the dip stick!) Why not just move the dip stick max/min markings up a little higher to fit 8 full qts? HELLO? I know you think I should get a life. I'll try to ignore the voices in my head that are telling me to kill. Should I go to Walmart and have my oil changed and hope they don't forget to put oil in it like they did my wifes car? I wish I drank. .

Originally Posted by JESTERxHEAD

not too sure...but would the extra .3 qts even matter if its poured in the engine?

Originally Posted by awq134

My wife's car takes 4 7/8 quarts and I have been putting in that extra 7/8's of a quart in for the last 3 years with no issues at all, and it still reads correct on the dip stick. 4 ounces in my wifes car does seem trivial, but my guess is that somewhere, no matter how miniscule of a reason it may be, there is a reason for it. now with that being said, just like i mentioned earlier in this post common sense isn't always common. if you do put that last little bit of oil in your engine i would make sure to check the dip stick to make sure it's not over filled.

Originally Posted by JESTERxHEAD

Absolutely....yea certian vehicles "bottleneck on the oil pain wasnt too sure bout the 150.... if its within "limits" on the dipstick then it flys with me!

Originally Posted by bartamos

I think you mean extra 1/8.

Originally Posted by WV-150

The Ford trucks are just too big .... I sold it and bought a mid size Tacoma{%70 American made} which is almost the size a F150 used to be..I hope the new cafe guidlines forces the half tons to go back to the size they were in the 80s and 90s .....

Originally Posted by awq134

My wife's car takes 4 7/8 quarts and I have been putting in that extra 7/8's of a quart in for the last 3 years with no issues at all, and it still reads correct on the dip stick. 4 ounces in my wifes car does seem trivial, but my guess is that somewhere, no matter how miniscule of a reason it may be, there is a reason for it. now with that being said, just like i mentioned earlier in this post common sense isn't always common. if you do put that last little bit of oil in your engine i would make sure to check the dip stick to make sure it's not over filled.