Originally posted by tbirdjayc:
My other friends GTI uses like 3.2 qts or something. Granted its only a 1.8, but that motor revs pretty high and gets hot as hell with the turbo in there. Is the duratec just a really inefficient platform to lubricate?


Just because it holds more oil does not make an engine a bad design. Actually very much the opposite.

The more oil it holds the cooler the oil runs and the less contaminated the oil becomes. More oil is a GOOD thing. Less oil is a VERY bad thing for a performance engine!!!

2000 SVT #674 13.47 @ 102 - All Motor! It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.