CompuNomad

Have a 2020 Chevy 1500 5.3L with max tow that I use to tow a fairly heavy Airstream (10,000+ lbs). I consider this trailer right at the top end of the capability of the truck so I'm expecting it to be working pretty hard. I live full time on the road with my wife who is a travel nurse. We only move about 3-4 times per year but we make runs back to Texas where we are trailerless but usually run at 75mph straight through. I have the same issue. Last time I was getting an oil change, the tech alerted me to the fact that my dip stick was barely showing any oil on the stick. I'm right at 22,000 miles and admittedly haven't been checking the oil level very faithfully since I've never had to do that before on a brand new engine. Granted, we DO run pretty high RPM when towing up mountains so I could see some burning during those times. But towing only accounts for about 3,000 miles of that 22k. So yeah, I'm going to be checking my dipstick every 1,000 miles or so from now on. If it keeps burning a quart of oil between oil changes, I'm with you: I'm going back to Ford where I didn't add oil between any oil changes.