where did the oil go?
hey all, We just returned from our first TT trip from NC to Key West. It is about 900 miles one way. F150 4,6l v8 4x4 with towing pkg. Towing a aerolite 718fd, 3050 dry wght. My question is is i...
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gijoecam wrote:joshuajim wrote:
I believe that the Lawyers have set the "spec" for oil consumption in some engines rather than the engineers. Engineers would most likely not "design" around that high a figure unless the bean counters got involved.
Typical, "make it the customers problem, not ours".
Riiight... Lawyers set the oil consumption levels? That's. Just. Awesome. Got any more conspiracy theories to share with us?
The number for the OP's Ford comse from hundreds of thousands of hours spent testing and MEASURING the oil consumption rate to determine what was excessive and what was normal. It's not some number an attorney pulled out of thin air because it represented the maximum cost to benefit ratio of warranty claims. Lawyers don't write the service manuals; most lawyers I know wouldn't know most of what's in the service manual to start with, let alone be able to write it!
Yes the lawyers do set some "technical" specifications. A good example is the Ford fuel pump. Early claims were honored under warranty. Then excessive claims came in and the lawyers decided that the problem was "water in the fuel, a customer responsibility.
Yes, lawyers and bean counters DO change specs for the companies benefit.