One mechanics opinion about oil
Is fancy expensive oil worth it?
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dodge guy wrote:BarabooBob wrote:
I just had my oil changed at the Ford dealer (first 3 oil changes free because I bought it there) and when I picked it up, the service department manager told me that I was good for 3,000 miles or 3 months. Talk about selling service where it is not needed. The F150 owners manual says to change the oil according to the on dash display, or one year, or 10,000-whichever comes first.
I think that I will go by the Ford engineers recommendations. I do shorten those numbers up a bit, but not by much.
That’s what Ford wants. You go by thier “recommendations” and you will be buying a new truck sooner!
What I find funny is the amount of people that use the manuf tow ratings and deduct a percentage for safe towing, yet when it comes to maintenance they throw the recommendations out the window and push the maintenance as far as possible!
My wife's Edge Sport runs Motorcraft Semi Synthetic at 10k mile intervals via the OLM. Looking thru the oil fill port the cams and all surfaces look shiny new at 68k miles. Her previous Edge had ~100k miles using same oil and OCI with the same excellent results.
