Normal Engine Oil Use?
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Laughing Gas
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From: Caro, MI
Stick a bottle on the end for awhile and see how much oil it is dumping.
Have you tried the oil cap trick? While running take the oil cap off, flip it over and stick it on the spout and just guide it from rattling off. Is there enough air to blow it up and off the spout?
Have you tried the oil cap trick? While running take the oil cap off, flip it over and stick it on the spout and just guide it from rattling off. Is there enough air to blow it up and off the spout?
I have posted a link to a video of me recording the cap flipped over in one of the previous pages in this post. Watch the video & tell me what you think of the results.
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The one or two drips while not running don't mean much. When you are on the throttle going down the road is when a crank vent dumps oil.
Your fuel filter is nice and white? Might have to just accept it in the end.
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Laughing Gas
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Well I do change the fuel filter every 15k miles. Is white when I put it in. LOL
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Laughing Gas
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Guess I've never checked it. Think I'm about due for a fuel filter change so I'll check it ~100 miles after the change. Thanks for that tip.
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So can we confirm that if we are running Rotella T6, that we dont need to run an anti-foaming agent? That kinda concerned me!
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Confirmed. It already has anti foaming properties.
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I add all 4 gallons on my F450 when I change the oil, as it will use/ lose about a gallon over a 5K oil change schedule. It has lost/ used that much for the past 2+ years I have owned it, I looked into it when I first bought the truck and I am sure I have a slow leak on my LPOP where I will find a few drops every time I park ( which is worse when I leave it running) I also am sure I have leaky/ bad injector orings as my fuel filter is black every time I have changed it. (10-15K miles) I recently got AE and found that it is not holding ICP like it should at higher rpms, which confirms what I was thinking. Now to save up for a new set of sticks. (at 215K miles I am just going to change them.)
(I only get fuel from my gas stations that I do all the maintenance on so I know it is not bad/ dirty fuel.)
The 7.3 Excursion I bought earlier this year has not used a drop of oil as far as I can tell. It is just coming up on its first 5k oil change and I checked it a few days ago and it completely full. ( I am glad to see that)
(I only get fuel from my gas stations that I do all the maintenance on so I know it is not bad/ dirty fuel.)
The 7.3 Excursion I bought earlier this year has not used a drop of oil as far as I can tell. It is just coming up on its first 5k oil change and I checked it a few days ago and it completely full. ( I am glad to see that)
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