08-17-2013, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, ERA 289 roadster hybrid, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Bill, just drive it for a thousand miles. If it burns a quart or less then it's fixed. Most of us around here would take you at your word if you said that it passed that test.
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I'll get back to the car and do just that, checking oil consumption (draining the 20W50 and going with a 10W40 in the process as suggested by my engine guy) every 100 miles and documenting it all. As you already know, this is not my first FE  , so we'll see what we will see when I get back.
Bill S.
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