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Fla904
Explorer
Jan 10, 2016

Changing oil and engine idling after long trips?

I recently took a trip from west palm beach all the way to Portland, before I left I changed the oil and oil filter. The trip (with much site seeing and detours) was about 5,200 miles. Is the wear and...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jan 10, 2016
Idling prior to driving is just wasting fuel and is not needed
Idling after driving is OK. Allows turbo to cool so that oil isn't cooked.....IF you have just finished a long hard pull. Otherwise that is not really needed either.

Oil change....follow you maintenance schedule in owners manual for your rig
Most are 7500 miles or more these days

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