1998 Lincoln Town Car Amsoil SSO 0W30 25,290 miles

[joker79]

This vehicle has just over 210k miles as of now, Amsoil Ea oil filter, K and N air filter, every 5k it gets either Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant or MMO. The engine is a Ford 4.6 Make Up Oil 3.5-4 Quarts (approximately 6 months on this run) ALUMINUM 5 CHROMIUM 2 IRON 33 COPPER 12 LEAD 1 TIN 3 MOLYBDENUM 21 NICKEL 2 MANGANESE 1 SILVER 0 TITANIUM 1 POTASSIUM 3 BORON 8 SILICON 29 SODIUM 13 CALCIUM 4440 MAGNESIUM 21 PHOSPHORUS 717 ZINC 911 BARIUM 0 Values Should Be* SUS Viscosity @ 210°F 65.5 57-67 cSt Viscosity @ 100°C 11.77 9.4-12.4 Flashpoint in °F 465 >385 Fuel % <0.5 <2.0 Antifreeze % 0.0 0.0 Water % 0.0 0.0 Insolubles % 0.3 <0.6 TBN 2.5

 

[simple_gifts]

What engine is this?

 

[Pablo]

25,290 miles in six months? How does your butt feel? I must ask your driving profession, if you don't mind?

 

[buster]

Keep doing what you're doing. Looks good.

 

[Donald]

Looks good for the long mileage. But a lot of make-up oil. My suggestion is to dump the K&N air filter and get a Amsoil or WIX or OEM. Also the oil is one of THE best made, and does not need the help of Lucas or MMO. They could actually interfere with the Amsoil additives. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Colt45ws]

Looks great! Was this changed? Donald, I think he is adding fuel additives, not oil additives.

 

[joker79]

Yes additives for the fuel system not oil, this car is part of a limo company fleet but is itself just a regular sedan.

 

[Colt45ws]

Thats kinda what I had a suspicion of. Does this car see a lot of idling?

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: Donald

Looks good for the long mileage. But a lot of make-up oil. My suggestion is to dump the K&N air filter and get a Amsoil or WIX or OEM. Also the oil is one of THE best made, and does not need the help of Lucas or MMO. They could actually interfere with the Amsoil additives. Thanks for sharing.

I agree with dumping K&N air filter and if top off is needed just use SSO.

 

[joker79]

Does anyone have any thoughts on thevoil consumption? I have a 2000 with 150k on the same engine that consumers about the same amount, and a 2004 with 170k that hardly consumes any oil at all.

 

[chubbs1]

Man, I guess if I had to drive a lot it would be this vehicle. It is a very impressive UOA. I agree with changing the air filter to a WIX or OEM paper filter but that is it. Where the heck do you drive to? That is a lot of miles everyday (140 or so). Thanks!!

 

[Colt45ws]

Originally Posted By: joker79

Does anyone have any thoughts on thevoil consumption? I have a 2000 with 150k on the same engine that consumers about the same amount, and a 2004 with 170k that hardly consumes any oil at all.

Are they all running the same oil?

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: joker79

Does anyone have any thoughts on thevoil consumption? I have a 2000 with 150k on the same engine that consumers about the same amount, and a 2004 with 170k that hardly consumes any oil at all.

How old is the PCV valve?

 

[tig1]

Originally Posted By: joker79

Does anyone have any thoughts on thevoil consumption? I have a 2000 with 150k on the same engine that consumers about the same amount, and a 2004 with 170k that hardly consumes any oil at all.

I had a 96 Merc GM with the Ford 4.6. When I sold it with 218K it used a qt every 6500 miles with M1 10-30. That was the same oil usage as when the engine was nearly new.

 

[Colt45ws]

A quart every 6500 would be about 3.8 quarts every 25k. Right where he is now.

 

[austinlunsford]

early 4.6s use some oil. my 97 4.6 uses a quart every 3.5 to 4k miles. my 94 4.6 uses a quart every 2 to 3k. nice run, op

 

[BTLew81]

SSO...great oil. Would like to know more about the driving habits, but everything looks good. I echo.."keep doing what you're doing." Amsoil shines in applications like this where extended drains really help out the business.

 

[JOD]

Originally Posted By: joker79

Does anyone have any thoughts on thevoil consumption?

The consumption is pretty minimal. Many people doing 5k OCI's wouldn't even top up. Plus, consuming at this low level is probably ideal for long OCI's since you can refresh the TBN. The only thing I'd change is the oil filter, say at the 1/2 way point. Your insoluables are pretty high, plus you could top off the oil a little more. If you changed the filter @15K, the oil would probably do 30K without problem, since you'd have an addition 1qt of top-up. I'm no K&N fan, but it sure seems to be working for you. Per mile, your Si numbers are among the lowest I've seen?? Why people are saying to ditch the K&N is beyond me.

 

[Colt45ws]

Insol high? Its 0.3%..

 

[JOD]

Originally Posted By: Colt45ws

Insol high? Its 0.3%..

oops, my bad-I misread it--I thought it was at .6%. OK, scratch that...don't change anything!