Hi All,
I changed the oil in our 2012 ford focus 6 months ago with M1 EP 5w-20. The focus now has ~85K on it. This is the first time I have used this oil in the car. Previous 2 OCIs were MC at 7.5K and Castrol Edge EP @ 12K. At the end of the MC and Edge runs (and all previous ocis), the oil level didn't change hardly at all. I checked the oil yesterday at 6K and I was down half a quart from when I checked at 3K. I topped off the 1/2qt to finish my 10K oci. This is the first time the focus has used any measurable amount of oil during an OCI. Regardless, I will do a uoa at the end of this run just to check on the health of the engine.
Is this normal when running M1 for the first time? M1 is a fine oil but maybe my engine just doesn't like it? The focus (5sp) does see stints of a constant 3200rpms on the interstate for 30 minute drives 3 times a week.
Not looking to start a M1 bashing thread, just curious if anyone else has observed this and if it went away or ultimately switched to something else. I have plenty of RTG 5w-20 I can use for the next ocis.
I changed the oil in our 2012 ford focus 6 months ago with M1 EP 5w-20. The focus now has ~85K on it. This is the first time I have used this oil in the car. Previous 2 OCIs were MC at 7.5K and Castrol Edge EP @ 12K. At the end of the MC and Edge runs (and all previous ocis), the oil level didn't change hardly at all. I checked the oil yesterday at 6K and I was down half a quart from when I checked at 3K. I topped off the 1/2qt to finish my 10K oci. This is the first time the focus has used any measurable amount of oil during an OCI. Regardless, I will do a uoa at the end of this run just to check on the health of the engine.
Is this normal when running M1 for the first time? M1 is a fine oil but maybe my engine just doesn't like it? The focus (5sp) does see stints of a constant 3200rpms on the interstate for 30 minute drives 3 times a week.
Not looking to start a M1 bashing thread, just curious if anyone else has observed this and if it went away or ultimately switched to something else. I have plenty of RTG 5w-20 I can use for the next ocis.