Oil change
How many mile you drive pulling the FW before you change the synthetic engine oil?
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Changing oil is obviously a personal choice, and just as obviously, it depends on personal interpretation of the owner's manual.
In my case, I change the oil every 5000 miles, regardless of what the OLM says. My owner's manual indicates the oil should be changed at 5000 to 7499 miles under severe use. My manual defines "severe" as Moderate to heavy hauling or towing, mountain or off road use, extended cold or hot weather operations. My 2014 truck has almost 69K miles on it already and over 50% of those miles has been towing. Also, since my 3.5L twin turbo engine is known to cause some oil dilution, I just change my oil at 5k miles. I've used Motorcraft semi-synthetic oil since the beginning.
Am I changing it too often? Maybe, but that's OK by me.
As mentioned, I drive a F150, 4x4, Supercab, 163" WB, with 3.5L EB & a 3.73 LS rear end.
In my case, I change the oil every 5000 miles, regardless of what the OLM says. My owner's manual indicates the oil should be changed at 5000 to 7499 miles under severe use. My manual defines "severe" as Moderate to heavy hauling or towing, mountain or off road use, extended cold or hot weather operations. My 2014 truck has almost 69K miles on it already and over 50% of those miles has been towing. Also, since my 3.5L twin turbo engine is known to cause some oil dilution, I just change my oil at 5k miles. I've used Motorcraft semi-synthetic oil since the beginning.
Am I changing it too often? Maybe, but that's OK by me.
As mentioned, I drive a F150, 4x4, Supercab, 163" WB, with 3.5L EB & a 3.73 LS rear end.
