Oil consumption, 1.5 qts per 1000 miles..

[colinmitchell111]

As the title says, my rig is eating oil, it doesnt leak a drop so obviously its burning it. I have 130k miles and it runs like a raped ape, sounds perfect and doesnt blow an blue smoke. i figure as dirty as these 7.3's are its hard to tell from looking at the exhaust or smelling it.. any thoughts?

[MrAnderson]

i'll get back to you later. i have a few remedies but i forgot! i'll talk to the guys in the shop today. what i would do if i were you, i'd just change it with a decent pretty cheap oil, then just put a quart in every 1000 miles. if its burning it, your gonna have to tear into it to fix it most likely.

[melmount]

any chance the turbo seals are causing it to use the oil?

[jasonp957]

I know that my dad's 96 PSD didn't use any oil until he ran Rotella then it started to use about 2-3 quarts every oil change. Just a FYI

[colinmitchell111]

i use regular rotella 15-40 non synthetic.. i was thinking trubo seal also. just looking for some other opinions

[2000_f350]

Doesn't Ford say 1qt every 1,000 miles?

[HOUTX01X]

i think mine does less than a quart off the top of my head maybe a quart every 1k

[colinmitchell111]

so some oil consumtion is normal??

[Tick ST]

I have 320000 with about 2qt every 5000 miles with Delo, Rotella was a littel over 3qts. 130000 miles is nothing for that truck.

[SuperCrutyPS]

Originally Posted by colinmitchell111

so some oil consumtion is normal??

I don't buy that. I've been running Rotella for some time now and I haven't had to add oil between changes. I'm at 165,000. I'm a little over mileage on this change and I checked Sunday. It's still right at the line.