V10 oil consumption

Ford factory warranty covers the first alignment.

Getting my rig out of shop today. The Ford dealer said they would put a "mark" on the dipstick and something around the drain valve and to bring it back after 500 miles. Also, this is a 2011 (purchased new in January 2012) Monaco with 8K miles on it today. I had the shop check the alignment as many talk about on this site. Yep, it was way off. I wonder if Manaco will pay for this under warranty even though my warranty ended January of this year.

In the division where I work we had 3 E-350 econoline vans w/V-10's. They came off the line in sequential order, government bid kinda thing.

Anyway one of the three would burn 1 qt every 1000 miles and the other two would not burn a drop. Ford advised WNL. Conversely one of the ones that didn't have an oil leak problem wnet through brake pads like nobody's business. Dealers and engineers brought in to look at it had no clue as to why one of three identically outfitted trucks used brakes pade 3 times faster than the others. WE even eliminated the assigned driver equation by switching the van with another driver, same problem. It is just character I guess.

Usually a dipstick indicates a quart "between the marks" but it seems that on the V10 it might be more. What have you found?
I just changed ours and it seemed to be closer to six quarts than the seven I expected. Going on a run tomorrow and I'll check it again after that and we're level.
Let me offer a couple thoughts on Low Oil:
-Down a quart or so, it'll probably lubricate just fine. But thse fewer quarts'll run a little hotter and dirty up a little faster.
-Having to add a lot of oil often still doesn't mean it doesn't need changing. I've found that those first (and often many) miles after a complete change show less consumption than right before changing the oil in that "oil burner."

Our 2007 E350-V10 consumes less than 1 quart (more like 1/2 to 3/4) in 5000 miles using full synthetic Mobile One 5W-20 motor oil.

But this can vary quite a lot from one vehicle to the other. One quart every 2500 miles is not bad, especially if your rig is on the heavy side and you are towing. The harder the engine works, the more oil will be consumed.

If I remember right, the V10 takes around 6.5 quarts. If you are down 1.5 quarts, you are 1/2 quart too low. But you still have 5 quarts in the engine. I think that is still a safe margin that you surely don't want to practice on a regular basis.

you change your oil per the service manual that came with the vehicle. Also, I used to work at Ford and their warranty department would not pay for claims for oil consumption unless the engine used more than 1 quart per 1,000 miles. I have never used that much oil however.

I would recommend frequent oil changes only if you don't check your oil level; that is the reason I would tell people to change their oil often. People generally don't check their vehicle oil levels and if it gets changed every 3,000 or so then it is more likely to be caught before major engine damage if that makes any sense.

2006 V-10, 30 ft., with 35000 miles. Use Mobil 1 5W-30 with Motorcraft filter, changed every 3-5000 miles. Never used or down on oil.

Bordercollie wrote:
Our 2004 460 doesn't use oil but doesn't have many miles on it. The RV service manager at Ken Grody Ford here, recommended changing oil every 6 months when rig is not driven enough for mileage-oriented oil change schedule.

How did you get a 460 motor in a 2004 FORD?

Yet another datapoint: Our 2000 ('99 chassis) currently with 40K uses about a quart every 3K miles. I've used both 10-30 and 5-30, and the only time I took it to the dealer for an oil change, they used 5-20. It's had a range of weights, and still the consumption is very similar. The underside of the engine shows no oil wetting, so it's being burned.
A quart over 3K is acceptable to me.

Our 2004 460 doesn't use oil but doesn't have many miles on it. The RV service manager at Ken Grody Ford here, recommended changing oil every 6 months when rig is not driven enough for mileage-oriented oil change schedule.