JEWC_Motorsports
S197 Junkie
Well it seems that my turn has come. I bought the 5.0 in Sept. of 2011 at which time it sat for the next month. I put about 300 miles on it in October. The first 4500 miles went good, absolutely no issues. I changed the oil around 3700 and used Amsoil. I check my oil weekly. At 4500 miles i noticed it was getting low and since i had full quarts it made it easier to monitor the amount of oil it was using. Over the next 1500 miles i added another 2 quarts of oil. About 2 weeks ago i started noticing oil smoke at startup. It went from just being at startup to being anytime the engine would rev. Accelerating onto the highway, you could look in the mirror and see the smoke. So i took it to the dealer and of course they ran their diagnostics. Fords procedure is to first do an oil consumption test. They change the oil and ask you to drive a preset amount of miles, in my case 500 miles. Currently im at 220 miles of the 500. I have not pulled plugs or checked anything, im not going to. This is all Fords baby. I will add that i had a JLT oil catch can on the passenger side for the past couple of weeks. I had to empty it twice as it was full and then the day before i dropped it off at the dealer i emptied it out, cleaned it and put it back on the car. My round trip mileage to work is 52 miles. The pic below is what i had when i got home. IMO thats too much oil for 52 miles. I do have a intermittent rough idle when the car is hot, it will jump from 500 to 750 and back down, feels like i have lopey cams. The last week ive noticed the car doesnt rev smoothly and has a noticeable stumble. Easiest way to explain it is it feels like fouled plugs. Well that my story for now.
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