Oil consumption update.

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Aug 10, 2019 | 09:18 PM

palacios289

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Oil consumption update.

My 2000 V10 Ex was one of those that tended to burn a bit too much oil. I was going thru a quart of oil every 750 miles or so.

I replaced the PCV valve and hose. At the same time I changed oil and went with Pennzoil Platinum 5-30 full synthetic. 2000 miles later I have burned at most half a quart. I checked every 500 miles, at 500 and 1000 oil level had changed so little I didn’t bother to measure the dipstick. At 1500 miles the oil level had gone down a bit. At 2000 miles it went down more. Filled it back with half a quart.

The old PCV valve was pretty nasty looking. I don’t know what had more impact. I believe a high quality oil has less burn off.

Aug 11, 2019 | 06:12 AM

WE3ZS

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Did you go from 5W-20 to the 5W-30? Many folks have seen less consumption with the thicker oil, makes sense.

Aug 11, 2019 | 07:05 AM

Dweber85rc

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That is good to know. Mine uses about a quart every 1000-1500 miles depending on how it is driven-short quick trips vs highway. I am coming up on being due for an oil change and was going to try going away from 5-20 synthetic to 5-30 conventional.

Aug 11, 2019 | 07:56 AM

WE3ZS

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Mine gets the cheap Walmart jugs of Mobil 1 5W-30 and with it's nearly all heavy towing miles it drinks about a quart during a 5,000 mile change cycle at 125K miles.

Aug 11, 2019 | 09:29 AM

palacios289

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I was using 5-20 semi synthetic previously. I had decided to go up to 5w-30 full synthetic. I went with Pennzoil since many guys on BITOG seem to have good luck with Pennzoil.

When I did this last oil change was when I swapped out the PCV, hose and grommet.

Aug 12, 2019 | 02:14 PM

wpnaes

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I'm also burning a qt every 750 with new or old PVC's, but since I only drive it 3000 miles a year, not a problem.

I also use cheap Walmart 5W-20 dino.

Aug 12, 2019 | 08:16 PM

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Mine never used oil, but it did rattle on a cold start after a long hot day towing! Sounded like it had no oil for 5 seconds. That was at 20k miles. Since then it only ever got Mobil1 5W30. No more noise on start up.