I have a 2000 F-150 extended cab with the 5.4 and auto trans. I bought this vehicle used with 23,000 miles from a dealer. Everything about the truck seems fine, it runs good, and gets decent gas mileage. What bothers me is the fact that I am burning almost a quart of oil every 1,000 miles. This seems kind of extreme. Makes me worried that the people who owned the truck before me might have beat it up. Anybody out there seeing oil consumption like this? I tried to do a search on this topic but did not have much luck.

Thanks for the help.

 

I have a 2001 with a 5.4L (21,000mi) and I notice I'm low about 1 - 1.5qts every 3,000 mi (when I'm getting ready to change oil). I'm original owner since new truck.

 

Well, maybe this is 'normal' if your truck is doing it too and you have been maintaining it. I am going to keep a close eye and as soon as the consumptions get worse than a quart per 1,000 miles, it will go to Ford.

 

I had a 98 F150 4x4 bought new and changed oil every 3000
miles w/o fail. It burned 1-2 quarts always since day one. No \problems with engine, I just assumed it was normal.

 

As long as the oil consumption is not indicative of a bad motor or a motor with wear than I can handle it. I need this thing to last a long time and be reliable.

 

My 2000 5.4 uses 1qt between changes (5000mi)

 

I have a 2000 4x4 Off road and with a 5.4 engine. It uses about 1 and one half ouarts of oil every 3000 miles. I was concerned about this and had and oil consumption test done by the dealer and they determined this was not excessive. The truck now has 28,000 miles and runs great and I never have had any trouble.

 

My 02 5.4 doesn't use a drop.
Maybe I'm lucky, I dunno. (14,000 miles so far)

Habibi

 

I have a 2001 SuperCrew 4x4 with the 5.4 (original owner). I have the oil changed every 4000-5000 miles and check the level every 2-3 weeks. I have never seen the oil level go down between changes.

 

Same here too. I check my oil ever few weeks and it never seems to drop on the dip stick. Guess its a good one too. I wonder if it was the way some of the motors where broken in?? Beats me

 

My 4.6 1997 W94,000mi doesnt use any between 4,000mi changes,Ihave been using Prolng and 5-50 Syntec since new

 

I have a 2001 SuperCrew with the 5.4 (original owner). I change the oil every 3000 miles and check the level every so often. I have never seen the oil level go down between changes.

 

polaridoo

How many miles have you driven it? That is a very low milage truck for a 2000. What is the mfg date? I would think it was more likely not broken in well (too gently), driven on short trips where the engine does not get up to operating temp, and driven too softly.

What do the tires and brakes look like? Many times you can tell a lot about how it was driven by the tires and brakes. Are there groves in the disks? Are the tires rounded and wore, or do they look more like they have 15,000 miles of wear? It' hard to beat a truck that hard in 20000 miles, and not have the tires and brakes show it.

My 99 SuperCab 5.4 used no oil. I drove it to 24000. My 01 SuperCrew 5.4 has 1,500 miles on this oil, and is up to full at 30500.

I had only one car that used a lot of oil. It was an extremely low mileage vehicle when I bought it. 32000 miles at 8 years old. The good news it, the oil usage got better with more miles.

Have you ruled out oil leaks?

 

Greencrew,

I bought the truck with 22,900 in November (2002). I have put about 5,500 miles on it since then. The truck does not look completely beat, but does not look like someone took care of it either. Lots of little scratches around the top / outside of bed. Decent amount of tiny scratches. The dealer had done a thorough check on the vehicle when they got it and changed the oil. I changed it agagin 3000 miles later. What concerned me a little bit is the presence of sludge (looked like thicker, stickier, old oil) on the inside of the oil fill cap. It was not really thick, but definitely noticeable. This makes me wonder if the goon who ownded the truck before me ever changed the oil.

As far as the tires (Goodyear Wranglers), they look OK. About what you would expect from them with 28,000 miles. I have not had the wheels off to look at the breaks, but from what I can see through the holes in the wheels, the discs look good.

I am gettting ready to have the oil in the transmission flushed and I will see how bad the trans looks. Hopefully my oil consumption is just characteristic of this engine and not a sign of abuse from the previous owner. When I carfaxed my truck it did say Lease Registration Found and Commercial Registration Found. I hope that is not part of the problem.

 

Oh, and as far as leaks, I have not seen anythign to indicate that. No spots on driveway, and no sign of a leak when I am under car.