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Does FORD do any type of break in on R motors.
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy M" data-source="post: 133277" data-attributes="member: 2090"><p>Some words on oil consumption...</p><p></p><p>1st - the R uses absolutely NO oil between oil service intervals! It doesn't much matter how hard I pound on it either. Joe and I went to Hallet in May to the Porsche Club event there and I ran the crap out of my car and it used absolutely not a drop of oil. </p><p></p><p>2nd - oil consumption on some engines seems to be related to tolerances and compression?? For instance, my 2000 M5 had a 4.9 liter V8 with 10.5:1 compression and due to the blow-by because of the piston and ring tolerances... it used about 1 quart of oil every 3000 miles or so.. didn't much matter how it was being driven. When I sold it in April with 15K miles on the clock, it was still using the same amount of oil in between changes. BMW swears that this was normal consumption and most of my M5 buddies were experiencing the same general consumption patterns that I was. </p><p></p><p>In summary, some engines burn more oil than others, but this is not necessarily to be considered a negative thing. It just means that the engineers who designed them used different tolerances with different outcomes in mind. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless my car were burning in excess of the normal amount specified by the manufacturer under a given set of operating parameters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy M, post: 133277, member: 2090"] Some words on oil consumption... 1st - the R uses absolutely NO oil between oil service intervals! It doesn't much matter how hard I pound on it either. Joe and I went to Hallet in May to the Porsche Club event there and I ran the crap out of my car and it used absolutely not a drop of oil. 2nd - oil consumption on some engines seems to be related to tolerances and compression?? For instance, my 2000 M5 had a 4.9 liter V8 with 10.5:1 compression and due to the blow-by because of the piston and ring tolerances... it used about 1 quart of oil every 3000 miles or so.. didn't much matter how it was being driven. When I sold it in April with 15K miles on the clock, it was still using the same amount of oil in between changes. BMW swears that this was normal consumption and most of my M5 buddies were experiencing the same general consumption patterns that I was. In summary, some engines burn more oil than others, but this is not necessarily to be considered a negative thing. It just means that the engineers who designed them used different tolerances with different outcomes in mind. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless my car were burning in excess of the normal amount specified by the manufacturer under a given set of operating parameters. [/QUOTE]
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