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Nov 25, 2003 | 08:53 PM

mtgrzlyman

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oil consumption 02 powerstroke

what is normal for oil consumption for these engines?

Nov 25, 2003 | 09:00 PM

ltfox

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Normal oil consuption for my 94 PSD is notin! It has 260k miles on it and I havent added oil to it once between oil changes.

Nov 25, 2003 | 09:00 PM

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Normal oil consuption for my 94 PSD is notin! It has 260k miles on it and I havent added oil to it once between oil changes. I think that is typical of most PSD regardless of year.

Nov 25, 2003 | 09:06 PM

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I added 1 quart, one time and it has just under 33K on it now. Similar posts seem to show that they burn very little oil.

Nov 25, 2003 | 09:09 PM

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i have about 30k on mine. checked oil after about 1200 miles and it looks to be about a quart low

Nov 26, 2003 | 01:02 PM

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The issue really relates to mileage on engine barring any internal or external oil leaks. My 95 uses 1 to 1.25 qrts in 5,000 mile oil change, no drips under engine. You should not see the oil level go to the the add mark which should be 2 qrts low. The above relates only to broke in engines. This equates to me never having to add oil between changes. New engines (remember mileage not the year of PU) like mtgrzlyman's I don't have data on.

Nov 26, 2003 | 01:17 PM

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Ford's comments on this subject are pretty definitive. Any engine gas or diesel that uses more than 1 quart per 999 miles will be looked at for cause. Previous must be documented by oil consumption test. Now in reality, 1-2 quarts between changes is not uncommon. In 19 years I have not seen an engine use 1 quart per 999 miles without a huge leak....