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Do you know if the bulk Motorcraft oil the dealership is using is XO-5W30-DFS vs XO-5W30-DSP? The first is full synthetic and the second is blend. Just ask them what the drum part number is. They may only be using full synthetic as default, as it's cheaper to keep less inventory in the long run...

Not quite. Winter blend is 80/20, 70/30 or 50/50 #2 and #1, depending in the distributer/retailer. Winterized has an antigel additive package added to #2. You can also get the antigel additive package added to the blend or straight #1. The additive package, at least for me, came directly from...

From a fuel drivers point of view, filling my tanker truck up at the rack. If I wanted to fill a 1,000 gallon pocket with E10 the loading system would pump in 100 gallons of ethanol, then switch over to 85 base gas for the remaining 900 gallons. So 10%

Off and out Ford factory lawn more size filter and break-in oil On and in NAPA Gold 1348 and six quarts of Pennsoil Full Synthetic Black Label 0w20 I already think the Motorcraft 910s and compatible filters are tiny as is, I was not going to keep this little thing on for a very long time.

Originally Posted by Cubey Pilot/Flying J and similar big chain truck stops (Petro, T/A, Love's) ALWAYS have extremely high diesel prices compared to "regular" gas stations in the same area. Sometimes Love's Country Stores (non-truck stops, but sometimes with a couple truck lanes) have more...

Originally Posted by GoldDot40 Originally Posted by userfriendly Have you fueled locomotives? Most drivers have a smile on their face when they can get rid of 4,000 gallons in one shot. Except of course, when the phone rings at 2am, which is usually the case. Never fueled a locomotive. If I had...

Originally Posted by GoldDot40 Now....if I haul "Off Road"...aka dyed diesel in a compartment, I cannot load clear diesel behind it for the next load. I have to haul a load of gasoline in between to help "wash it out". You DO NOT want any dye residue to be found in somebody's clear diesel. As...

So this is how this works at the terminal. A driver pulls in and knows he is getting product for a certain station/chain/company. At the terminal I use a driver would enter the customer number when logging into the delivery system. Each station/chain/company has a specific customer number and...

Originally Posted by Black_Thunder Originally Posted by Donald If its a brand name gas station the name on the truck is not that important as the additives that were added when the tanker truck was filled. Exxon and the other brand names have a reputation to keep up along with being top tier...

I fill my truck at one specific terminal but the large regional chain gets base product at all the terminals (Citgo, Flint Hills, US Oil...) and splash blends their etoh at their own terminal. I would assume that their top tier additive is also added at their splash blend terminal as well, on...

Originally Posted by 4WD "EV function will be overridden by the engine if you accelerate even moderately aggressive" Our Fusion Hybrid does this ... don't think it's because the EV side can't do it ... just the computer is more conservative about using up the battery life and the engine will...

I have been using T6 5w50 in the girlfriends WRX for a while now and did not think twice about using the new T6 when I took it to the dealership last week for service.

Well, that depends on how you drive the thing. I can sit at 60mph on the interstate and get 34mpg but if you kick it up to 65-70 it will drop to the upper 20s pretty quickly. 60mph just seems to be the sweet spot in 6th gear. I am 330 miles into a good mix of city and with a 100 mile highway...

I like mine a lot. I just did an oil change today at 106,420 miles. As said above it has the Duratec engine. Make sure you change the plugs around 90K. Off the bat replace the strut arm bushing above the engine and replace the power steering fluid. Both are easy to do, follow the instructions...

Today... The Five Hundred Last changed on May 18th, 2015 at 101,973 miles. So 4,447 miles in 11 months. Drained out Motorcraft Synthetic Blend 5w30 and removed a Motorcraft FL-820s filter, replaced with the same thing. I also decided to take off the front valve cover for the fun of it. From...