Recent content by SportTrac46

I managed to get this returned and was given store credit for the total amount. The only reason they were doing this is that their oil shipment is delayed a month and they have no inventory to sell to the public, only from the large drums that they use in the service department. The supervisor...

I have about 10qts each of both 5W20 and 5W30 of motorcraft syn blend. The kicker is that all of it is in about 6 containers of random fluid/cleaners such as misc motorcraft coolants and some STRONG smell orange cleaner/degreaser. These actually came from the local Ford dealership so I'd hope...

Just went into my local (costa rica) Ford service center to get my oil/filter changed. Originally I bought this car (an 08' Explorer SportTrac with the 4.6 V8 w/75k miles) almost exactly 3000 miles ago. When I bought it, I took it there for trans/oil fluid swaps and at that point they used...

Wow, many more replies than I had expected in such short time, great! From the consensus it appears 20W50 is OK. Tomorrow morning I plan on going to the Ford agency to find out what their reasoning and explanation is behind using that particular grade vs 15W40 as they are the ones changing it...

Hello, I recently acquired an 08' Sport Trac with the 4.6 with all servicing done by the Ford Dealer here in Costa Rica. I noticed on the oil change sticker they are using 20W50. I understand they use this for the constant high temps (Avg temps 75-82F during the day and 68-75F during the night)...