They're better but not all fine - just had a new long block put in my 2018 Escape with the 2.0 due to coolant intrusion.
The pre-2016 2.0 is an older closed deck design and pretty sold, the post-2020 2.0 is still open deck but revised to fix the issues with the 2017-2019 models
It was for years but they refreshed the lineup I want to say 4 or 5 years ago and switched to Warren. Around the same time Kirkland oil showed up on shelves here.
I'm price driven more than anything else but if everything is equal I'm probably grabbing something made by SOPUS off the shelf. No rational reason why, just brand loyalty from all the Pennzoil rebates I guess. 😆
Did an oil change in the 2009 Fusion this weekend. 6 months, just under 5000km.
Out and in: 4.5L Pennzoil Plat High Mileage 0W20, Motorcraft filter
No oil loss or consumption on this change at all. Very impressed.
Also drained and filled the transmission again, finished off my case of Beck...
D1G2 for me. Not that either of my Ford vehicles actually requires it, but the Ford specifications are harder to find and match up.
And I tend to use Kirkland or Supertech unless Pennzoil is on sale for less.
Yeah, I've got a 2009 Fusion that has a cartridge filter from that era. I think Ford switched back to spin on in 2010, maybe even mid model year in 09.
But when I had to replace the filter housing, got it from the local Mazda dealer because it was way cheaper.
Never said it has formal approvals, just that it meets the specs. Label carries a very similar laundry list of "meets the requirements" as PP Euro.
And since Warren does have some European approvals for their Mag1 brand (VW in particular comes to mind), not a stretch for them to be selling the...
But to answer your original question, PP 5W40 Euro would do nicely in your application.
I wouldn't pick it over PP, but a budget option to keep in your back pocket is SuperTech 5W40 Euro (only available in Canada, so not many posters here would be familiar with it), $20 for 5L and meets many...
The three winter tires I've had on my cars:
Bridgestone Blizzak WS70
Hankook iPike RSV
General Altimax Arctic 12
The Blizzaks were great on my FWD Fusion when I lived in the Ottawa area, which can be a fair bit colder than where I am now and ice was my primary concern. But that performance...
My winter sets on both my Fusion and Escape have no TPMS sensors. And my all season set in the Fusion, at least one of the original sensors has died and I have no desire to replace it.
Right now I just drive around with the dash light on, at some point I may just disable TPMS with Forscan (in...