Hi, new member here from the UK.
Loving the cars performance/handling but am concerned about possible oil consumption.
When the car threw a CEL it was in the dealership for 7-8 days over three visits and when the car was handed backed to me when they finally fixed it, the service lady reads the technicians report out to me which said he'd had to add 2.5L of oil (@2000 miles!)
Since then the car has had another 0.5L added by two technicians in front of me and the service manager. The dip stick is a nightmare to read and is all over the place. It took the two techs 15 minutes to work it out!
I'm now at 2800 miles and have checked the level both warm and cold on level ground and the readings are three ribs/threads from max warm and at "A" minimum when cold. When the two technicians added the half litre, it was two ribs/threads down from max on a warm engine.
A few notes:
1, The car was originally in for a replacement exhaust camshaft sensor and when that didn't work they had the car 5 days and performed what they called a "Crankshaft Adjustment" which I've been told makes no sense and probably means timing?
2, The dealer is being very awkward about this (even with Ford customer services!) and am trying to get the car checked beyond driving 500 miles and having the oil level topped up.
3, No CEL since the crankshaft adjustment fix or other obvious symptoms except the below.
4, I have video of what looks like burning oil from the exhaust after a 60 mile run when revved to ~4000RPM. I'll edit this post with the video if that would be OK?
Anyone else having oil consumption issues or a problem with a inconsistent dip stick? My biggest worry is actually with the technician adding the original 2.5L of oil. Could it have been overfilled (because of the dodgy dip stick) and caused all the subsequent oil issues?
Cheers Chris.
Loving the cars performance/handling but am concerned about possible oil consumption.
When the car threw a CEL it was in the dealership for 7-8 days over three visits and when the car was handed backed to me when they finally fixed it, the service lady reads the technicians report out to me which said he'd had to add 2.5L of oil (@2000 miles!)
Since then the car has had another 0.5L added by two technicians in front of me and the service manager. The dip stick is a nightmare to read and is all over the place. It took the two techs 15 minutes to work it out!
I'm now at 2800 miles and have checked the level both warm and cold on level ground and the readings are three ribs/threads from max warm and at "A" minimum when cold. When the two technicians added the half litre, it was two ribs/threads down from max on a warm engine.
A few notes:
1, The car was originally in for a replacement exhaust camshaft sensor and when that didn't work they had the car 5 days and performed what they called a "Crankshaft Adjustment" which I've been told makes no sense and probably means timing?
2, The dealer is being very awkward about this (even with Ford customer services!) and am trying to get the car checked beyond driving 500 miles and having the oil level topped up.
3, No CEL since the crankshaft adjustment fix or other obvious symptoms except the below.
4, I have video of what looks like burning oil from the exhaust after a 60 mile run when revved to ~4000RPM. I'll edit this post with the video if that would be OK?
Anyone else having oil consumption issues or a problem with a inconsistent dip stick? My biggest worry is actually with the technician adding the original 2.5L of oil. Could it have been overfilled (because of the dodgy dip stick) and caused all the subsequent oil issues?
Cheers Chris.
