Recent content by ddellwo

Welcome to the F-150 club! Make sure to take some time and check out the forums over at F150online -- you'll learn a lot about the performance and care of your new vehicle! Just my opinion, but there's no way I would wait 5000 miles for my first oil change! I do my first at 500 miles, my second...

I'm a Ford man through-and-through. Use nothing but Motorcraft oil and filters in my babies!

I just noticed that bottles of Motorcraft 5W-20 oil finally bear a true "SM" API stamp -- previously the bottles bore an "SL" stamp, with an added notation that the oil met "SM" service criteria. Does anyone know if this change in labeling is the result of an actual reformulation of the...

I noticed this too. It kind of reminds me of how they had to bring that "Arthur" kid onto the Brady Bunch the last season or two before the show finally went belly-up!

2005 Ford Escape 3.0 V6 Motorcraft FL-820S Motorcraft 5W-20 3000 Miles 2005 Ford F-150 5.4 V8 Motorcraft FL-820S Motorcraft 5W-20 6 Months -or- 3000 Miles 1997 Ford Ranger 2.3 I4 Motorcraft FL-1A Castrol GTX 5W-30 3000 Miles 1997 Pontiac Sunfire GT 2.4 I4 Whatever Jiffy-Lube Puts In Pennzoil...

FWIW -- that 2.3 is an excellent motor! A bit of a dog, and you'll occassionally curse it driving up a long grade, but a very reliable engine nonetheless! Enjoy!

I've just purchased a new Ford F-150 with the 5.4 L engine. This truck will be a real "Garage Queen" and is only intended to be used as a toy on sunny weekend afternoons. I suspect I will probably only put about 3000 miles per year on it - mostly in the form of 20 mile trips for weekend...