Oddly ..
it seems to me engines almost never use oil very much anymore.
None of my waterboxers do ..
I don't drive say 12 to 15 K miles a year anymore ..
I also can't think of a time on my over 10 cars I've noticed that they
use oil at all.

If that is the rate of consumption in this Zetec..
less than 1 qt per 1,000 ..
I'll betcha that is within Ford's acceptible standards warranty-wise.

all manufactuers usually have some 'room' in what they say is OK for new
engines regurading oil consumption.
because some of them somehow just don't get made as well as other ones .

it would be interesting to check with a Ford Service Dept ...
if they actually know that is ..
I would be they would say less than a qt of consumption per 1,000 miles
is within the acceptible range.

scott
On 1/19/2013 12:32 PM, Larry Alofs wrote:
> Less than half a quart per 1000?  I suspect that many of us would consider
> that within the "normal range".
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Jon Durham <jon_durham@knology.net> wrote:
>
>> Bostig records show the engine they installed in my 85 Vanagon had 24K
>> miles on it.
>>
>> It's using oil. After about 2500 miles I've put in 1 quart. The engine
>> is not leaking oil, no smoke is coming out the exhaust, and the coolant
>> does not have oil in it.
>>
>> Is there a way to determine how the engine is using oil? And id so, what
>> is the fix?
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>> everything. What we think, we become.� Buddha
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