2005 ford 6.0 diesal problems

[Peacock]

To be clear, ALL engines burn/use oil. It just comes to how much combustion by products make it past the rings into the sump, which has a way of making oil level appear normal. Of course this dilutes the oil and tends to make it acidic.

Ring design seems to have an effect on this.

Most new Honda engines seem to use a bit of oil til 10k or so then they tend to seal up and are very easy on their oil from that point forward.

In my experience the Ford Duratec and 4.6 engines are oil users.

 

[jwstewar]

Neither of my 5.3 GM engines use enough oil between changes to even it get down to the add mark and that is going by the OLM. The truck is a '99 Silverado with 120K+ on the clock and the Suburban is a 2008 with about 24k on the clock. It has the cylinder deactivation on it. Now our 2000 Honda on the other hand...it has the 2.3 with the VVT. I will easily have to add 2 quarts between oil changes at 6000 miles and then it is ready for a 3rd. It has done that since I bought it in 2008 with 71k on it. It now has 180k miles on it.

 

[Peacock]

Neither of my 5.3 GM engines use enough oil between changes to even it get down to the add mark and that is going by the OLM. The truck is a '99 Silverado with 120K+ on the clock and the Suburban is a 2008 with about 24k on the clock. It has the cylinder deactivation on it. Now our 2000 Honda on the other hand...it has the 2.3 with the VVT. I will easily have to add 2 quarts between oil changes at 6000 miles and then it is ready for a 3rd. It has done that since I bought it in 2008 with 71k on it. It now has 180k miles on it.

I'd be willing to bet that the Honda engine got very low on oil sometime prior to you owning it.

 

[Hay Dude]

I know quite a few guys with 5.3L GM trucks and its either hit or miss. I would say a little less than 1/2 report high oil usage. I had 2 Saturns, both with the 1.9L 4 cylinder that they put in so many vehicles. Both used oil. One used 1.5 qts between changes and the other used a QT every 600 miles. The dealer said that was within GM specs. I have also owned a Honda, a Toyota, a dozen Fords, a BMW, a Nissan, a Dodge, and a few others and not a single one used a drop. I currently have a boat with a 6.2L GM and it uses a QT every 50 hours and my old 7.4L and 8.1L GM based boat motors also used some oil.

Chris

We have a 5.3L with 67,000 +/- and it uses no oil.

 

[jwstewar]

I'd be willing to bet that the Honda engine got very low on oil sometime prior to you owning it.

And it probably got low on oil because it uses oil lol.

The '97 that we had before this that my wife bought new, I had to add a quart about half way through oil changes. When it started getting low again, I knew the olm would be on soon. Ran that one until 252k miles when I whacked a deer 300 yards from the house.

 

[Peacock]

And it probably got low on oil because it uses oil lol.

The '97 that we had before this that my wife bought new, I had to add a quart about half way through oil changes. When it started getting low again, I knew the olm would be on soon. Ran that one until 252k miles when I whacked a deer 300 yards from the house.

Yeah it got low when it went 15k between changes. Lol.

I've been a Honda dealer tech for 8yrs and we very rarely encounter a Honda engine that uses oil for any reason other than lack of maintenance.

My '95 Accord, for instance, has 297k on it and requires only .5qt in 3k.

 

[Hay Dude]

So topic is "2005 Ford 6L diesal problems" and the topic migrated to "5.3L GM gasser uses 2 qts between oil changes" for one of 6 thread contributors.

 

[Soundguy]

So topic is "2005 Ford 6L diesal problems" and the topic migrated to "5.3L GM gasser uses 2 qts between oil changes" for one of 6 thread contributors.

Look.. some kind advice....if a thread going off topic a bit bothers you.. you may want to go ahead and throw the towel in and clock out.

That's just how it happens on large forums. threads morph over time. side topics get interjected and expanded.

once you are here for a few years, that will be more plain i guess.

soundguy

 

[Hay Dude]

Look.. some kind advice....if a thread going off topic a bit bothers you.. you may want to go ahead and throw the towel in and clock out.

That's just how it happens on large forums. threads morph over time. side topics get interjected and expanded.

once you are here for a few years, that will be more plain i guess.

soundguy

Yes, I have noticed that! Usually a "ford problem" topic migrates to another brand having problems, too.
Good advice.

 

[Soundguy]

Yes, I have noticed that! Usually a "ford problem" topic migrates to another brand having problems, too.
Good advice.

if you think it's only 'ford problem' topics that migrate.. you are being extremely myopic.
.. and IMHO.. may be having a 'ford problem' yourself in that you are fixated on them just a wee bit much to keep churning this issue? no?

soundguy