oil change
First oil change on my 2014 Ford Triton V-10 on F53 chassis. The manual says "SAE 5W-20 or equivalent". Should I go synthetic or conventional?
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othertonka wrote:10forty2 wrote:
With it being that new, I would definitely use what the owner's manual recommends...at least through the warranty period. If you want to switch over to something else after that, then by all means....
For my 1999 model V10, I used synthetic Mobile 1, 5W-30 and the OEM Motorcraft filter for my recent oil change.
Ford recommends 5W x 20, not 5W x 30. Why did you use 5W x 30? Do you Know something that ford does not know? Just curious
Let me check...it may have actually been 5W-20 instead of 5W-30. I was typing from my fragile, elderly memory and not from my service notebook. But either way, the upper viscosity end of 30W isn't too thick to hurt anything and may actually be good in hotter running. The lower end is what is the most concern for that cold engine start. I'll check and correct myself if I used 5W20 instead. Thanks for catching that!
