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I absolutely love those cars. I had three plus two Lincoln town cars that were essentially the same vehicle in terms of running gear. If it were mine, I’d change all the fluids, and stick with Motorcraft 5w20 and a Motorcraft filter. I had one town car with the same 4.6 L engine that is still...

Yep…filled it to the full marlk

I bought a 2018 f150 with the 5.0 in March. I know that some/many use a lot of oil, so I immediately changed it and used a Motorcraft filter and 8.8 quarts of royal purple 5w30. It had not used any until we drove 4 hours at 75 mph. I checked the level before we left and it was down exactly a...

I have a 2018 f150 5.0 4wd crew cab. I’ve been using 5w30 oil which has helped eliminate the oil consumption issues. However, my son informed me that if there’s and engine issue, that ford could refuse to repair it under the warranty because the owners manual says 5w20. Is that possibly true...

I have a 2018 F150 with the 10 speed transmission. My owners manual specifies LV ATF. However, every site I go to says ULV for all 10 speeds. I know they are not compatible fluids so what the heck do I do?

My wife traded her escape for a 2023 Santa Cruz. Neat little truck though too small for me. Anyway, the owners manual says to use Quaker state 0w20 oil. I don’t care about the brand, but I somehow wound up with 6 5-quart jugs of mobil1 5w20. The oil change interval is 8,000 miles in the...

Pennzoil platinum it is!! Thanks

Liqui moly 5w30 next month for my edge 2.0 ecoboost. Then 0w40 for summer

Well, now that I’ve decided to switch to the 0w40, I cannot seem to find one the is SP GF-6 certified. I’ve been to Walmart, autozone, napa, Oreilly and advance auto parts. Then I went online to Amazon, summit racing, parts geek, and a few more. Everywhere I go I find lots of SN certified...

I used to watch Pat Goss on Motorweek all the time. On the earliest shows he had some fairly decent information but the last several years he seemed to be searching for something to talk about. It’s been just very basic stuff like the color of atf vs engine oil or coolant. I just watched it and...

It seems to me that 0w40 is the best alternative to 5w30. At startup it seems it would flow quicker to internal engine parts and the turbo. At normal operating temperature it seems that it would offer a little better engine protection. Since oil pressure drives the VVT solenoids I’m a bit...

I’ve been doing a lot of research since my 2020 Edge 2.0 TGDI hit 70,000+ miles. From everything I’ve seen it appears that thinner oil on startup is better for the turbo. So, for winter I’m using 0w30 which seems good so far, but for summer I’ve used 5w30. I’m strongly considering Mobil 1 SP...

I generally start at 4,500 miles looking for a warm day to change oil. Typically I use Mobil1 but have used pennzoil ultra and Liqui Moly. Seems that it runs most quiet in LM. I’m old school and still have trouble not changing oil at 3,000 miles. Ha

FWIW, if it gets to -20 F, I’m probably not leaving the house so I don’t have to worry about the car. Hahaha 🥶🥶🥶

That’s the question…the manufacturer recommends both 5w30 and 0w30