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SportTrac Discussion
Fluids: Oil, ATF, Coolant, etc.
What could cause the oil in a 4.0 to increase in volume (and not coolant)?
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 882195" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>Larry,</p><p></p><p>Gasoline cannot get into the oil on a fuel injected 4.0 becaue they do not use mechanical pumps, they are electric fuel pumps, and they are located in the fuel tank.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If excessive fuel was leaking past the injectors you would get a CEL indicating a rich mixture, black smoke would be coming out the tail pipe and perhaps even flooding the engine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It cannot be transmission fluid since the transmission is electtonicly controled and there is not vaccume lines or anyway for transmission fluid to get into the engine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is probably not coolant since the engine would have by now been overheating and the oil would be milky and you would likely have steam coming out the exhaust.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If none of the above are true, and when there is no other logical explaination, then I can only assume someone screwed up and put too much oil in, or they are not checking the oil correctly. Since the extra oil appeared after an oil change, my guess is that too much oil was put in....There are no other explainations.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Wouldn't that solve our oil crisis if we can put 5 quarts into an engine and get 6 quarts back out? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 882195, member: 52972"] Larry, Gasoline cannot get into the oil on a fuel injected 4.0 becaue they do not use mechanical pumps, they are electric fuel pumps, and they are located in the fuel tank. If excessive fuel was leaking past the injectors you would get a CEL indicating a rich mixture, black smoke would be coming out the tail pipe and perhaps even flooding the engine. It cannot be transmission fluid since the transmission is electtonicly controled and there is not vaccume lines or anyway for transmission fluid to get into the engine. It is probably not coolant since the engine would have by now been overheating and the oil would be milky and you would likely have steam coming out the exhaust. If none of the above are true, and when there is no other logical explaination, then I can only assume someone screwed up and put too much oil in, or they are not checking the oil correctly. Since the extra oil appeared after an oil change, my guess is that too much oil was put in....There are no other explainations. Wouldn't that solve our oil crisis if we can put 5 quarts into an engine and get 6 quarts back out? :D:D ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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Fluids: Oil, ATF, Coolant, etc.
What could cause the oil in a 4.0 to increase in volume (and not coolant)?
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