2014 ecoboost oil question and recommendation

[02s4audi]

I keep reading about some people having the timing chain rattle. I'm wondering, since the rattle occurs within the 1st few seconds of start up would running a 0w oil help this? Theoretically it should flow quicker to the tensioner eliminating or reducing the sound correct? Or will it still not be enough of a difference? I'm purchasing a 2014 F-150 tomorrow, what oil do you recommend? I drive maybe 12-15k a year. I live 2 miles from my work so it does get short tripped. Also I live in NY.

 

[Ngamtns]

5w30 or 0w30 would work not sure it would help with the chain rattle and cold flow would be negligible unless you're at like -20. Maybe someone else would know on the chain.
Castrol magnatec goes good in it per plenty of UOA here. Can't go wrong with that, Mobil 1, PP, PUP, new Valvoline. They are all SN+(industry standard developed with Ford on preventing lspi and/or Dexos gen 2(GM standard). More importantly is keeping the oil change interval to about 5k because of fuel dilution especially with short trips IMHO.

 

[kstanf150]

I owned a 2012 Ecoboost drove it 125K miles
Only used QS Synthetic 5W-30
No noise, no issues !!ðŸ‘

 

[double vanos]

My ‘11 Ecoboost went 128k on 4-5k oil changes with Edge 0w40. Quiet as a mouse the whole time I owned it. Traded it in on a new 3.5 boost.

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

My cousin owns a 2017 NAVI, 3.5 EB, 30K miles. He changes the oil & filter (MC FL-500S) religiously every 5K miles, using PYB 5W30. The engine is as quiet as a church mouse.

 

[dave1251]

There are millions of Ecoboost's out there with nothing but minimum maintenance with minimum spec fluids and there is nothing wrong after hundreds of thousands miles.

 

[kstanf150]

Amen to that ðŸ‘

 

[69Torino]

Use a filter with the proper anti drainback valve (silicone). This should keep gremlins away. Motorcraft filters, Wix, K&N, Royal Purple, Amsoil, even Fram Ultra to name a few. I would prefer my filter to have the bypass valve on the correct (threaded) end, but these are few and far between and I don't want to start a lengthy "discussion" about the subject. We simply use a good synthetic 5w-30 (Pennzoil Platinum) and a filter with a silicone valve at work on the cop Explorers and F-150's (both EcoBoost) and they are fine as far as noise is concerned.

Edit; if I owned it, and I may just have an EcoBoost Ford in my future if my wife has her way, it would get Valvoline Synthetic 5w-30 and either a Motorcraft Filter or a Ford Racing FL820S, if it physically fit in the space. I want to try an FL820S on one of the cop trucks just to see if it will fit. We have Wix 51372's on the shelf.

And yes, I would go 5k on the Valvoline.

 

[kstanf150]

An 820 fit on my 2012 Ecoboost 3.5 with no problem

 

[69Torino]

Originally Posted by kstanf150
An 820 fit on my 2012 Ecoboost 3.5 with no problem

Thanks for that. Saves me some time figuring it out!

 

[69Torino]

So to summarize, I would use a Ford Racing FL820S. In my opinion you can't buy a better filter for a Ford product. I posted one I cut open here.

 

[kstanf150]

My local Ford dealer sells em for $17 bucks
Cheaper than Amazon !!

 

[metroplex]

The FL500S is what is used on the Taurus/Explorer, and it is a physically smaller filter than the FL820S. I'm not sure what the F-series are using, but FL500S is basically the new FL820S as it is common across many of the newer Fords. The 2.7 EcoBoost uses a cartridge filter on the top of the engine.

 

[02s4audi]

Is there anything with using European oils in these trucks? Either a 0w40 or a 5w30 rated a3/b4? Do they hold up better? Is there any issues with using them compared to oils meeting ford spec?

 

[Env1ous]

I just switched to T6 5w-40. Engine is quiet now and really seems to like the thicker oil.

 

[BeerCan]

Originally Posted by 02s4audi
Is there anything with using European oils in these trucks? Either a 0w40 or a 5w30 rated a3/b4? Do they hold up better? Is there any issues with using them compared to oils meeting ford spec?

I have about 84k miles worth of UOA with Edge 0w40 on my EB in the uoa section. This truck was used hard up to about 80k miles and now it is leading an easier life. I will be posting a uoa at ~93K as soon as the results come in.

https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...3-5eb-10k-mikes-castrol-0w40#Post4881754