Originally Posted by racin4ds
Beautiful ride, but with only 7K miles total and 1700 on the oil, what did you expect to see? Any oil will hold up under that OCI, unless your're living at the track doing HPDE daily...
These aren't Accords. I don't care about the oil, I care about the engine. The Voodoo 5.2L has had several examples burn oil so badly (e.g. a quart or two in 500 miles) that Ford has replace the engine (roughly a $30K cost if done outside of warranty). There are also UOAs that show a dramatic increase in metal that coincides with oil consumption. In at least a few cases the sudden increase in metal was a precursor to total engine failure.
Mine hasn't consumed excessive oil, and shows no sign of increased wear. That's what I want to find, but not necessarily what I'm certain I'd find given the issues that some 5.2Ls have had.