Has anyone had an issue with the oil consumption on your 5 ltr? apparently this is an issue fixed by the dealer giving you a longer dip stick?

 

How many miles to go through a quart? How many quarts are you putting in at oil changes?

 

Sure, gotta sell oil and longer dip sticks.

 

My 2018 5.0 uses over (@2) quarts
in 3000 miles. It is in the shop now to be looked at again, after having the TSB completed at the end of October, 2020

 

1 quart in 3000 miles isn't that bad.

 

The 2000 F150 with 5.4 2 valve engine bought new used a quart of oil in 2500 miles until it had about 80,000 miles on the engine. Then, the oil consumption was half as much, a quart every 5000 miles. I changed it at 5,000 miles. I suppose it took that long for the rings to fully seat. I have no other explanation.
The 2002 F150 with 5.4 2 valve engine i have now was bought with 69,000 miles on it. I serviced the vehicle and drove it 1250 miles to my new job. It used a pint of oil on the trip but after that, it only used a quart in 5,000 miles the same as my 2000. So, I suppose that could be the case with the newer 5.0 engine? I don't know?
I'm an old coot. Back when I started driving, cars typically burned lots more oil than they do today. My new 65 Chevelle with the 327 v8 burned a quart of oil every 1500 miles which was typical back then.

 

Friend of mine had the oil use issue, but it was worse. They put him on a long term test.

 

All ford is doing is kicking the can down the road. It is cheaper to replace the dipstick with one that has a larger range between full and the lower level and update the PCM. It is cheaper than replacing a long block.

 

That's a shade tree way of fixing things...

The right way is to find out what is exactly happening and correcting it.

If it's being "used" by the engine in the combustion process it can result in damage to the catalytic converters, along with higher pollution. Which in the grand scheme of things, Ford can get in trouble with the EPA if their engines are knowingly producing higher than normal exhaust gasses. Think of the diesel-gate scandals... it doesn't just apply to diesels.

If it's leaking on to the ground, that can be just as bad -- pollution and not to mention slick roadways for certain vehicles (ie: motorcycles).

 

I've always heard that the oil consumption has to be more than a qt every 1,000 miles for the manufacturers to repair the engine. The consider that much "normal" for warranty purposes.

 

My 2018 just had the same TSB done for the second time today. It had burned over 1 quart is 3,300 mile and now Ford says this is normal for a vehicle with 33, 000 miles on it. I'm calling BS.

 

initially Ford was dropping long blocks after a visit or two proving you have oil consumption.

As an owner of a 2018, with a little bit of oil consumption. I'd be happy to do the reprogram and not have an average tech do the R&R engine under warranty time. Not appealing to me at all. But I do want to KEEP my original dipstick tho

 

The real fix is to replace the engine. The new dip stick and PCM refresh are just Ford kicking the can down the road. They told me that burning more than 1 quart of in 3000 miles is now normal for these engines.