Hello everyone!
I recently purchased my first new vehicle, in the title of the thread. I'm currently sitting at 1300 miles and starting to research what others have found successful with these motors in terms of oil. To start with, it is my intention to own this truck until it actually falls apart. To that end I am willing to pay a premium for regular high quality oil changes and will be doing the work myself @5k miles or sooner. I've already noted to keep detailed records of my oil changes for warranty purposes. My uses for the truck are as a daily driver, I put roughly 75 miles a day, 70 of them highway miles. No towing during the week, but I own a 16' boat that weigh's
Any recommendations on oil, or a pattern of experimentation with various oils and analysis to find the best options is greatly appreciated. I did look through the posts, but was unable to find anything for this particular engine. The manual states Motorcraft 5W-20 which I am fine with, but also wanted to see if there are "better" options that would provide tangible benefits as opposed to just brand loyalty. I have use pretty much every flavor of oil and in my previous vehicle (Honda CRV) found no real change across brands but also did not apply any kind of empirical standard to the process because it was a beater work car.
I recently purchased my first new vehicle, in the title of the thread. I'm currently sitting at 1300 miles and starting to research what others have found successful with these motors in terms of oil. To start with, it is my intention to own this truck until it actually falls apart. To that end I am willing to pay a premium for regular high quality oil changes and will be doing the work myself @5k miles or sooner. I've already noted to keep detailed records of my oil changes for warranty purposes. My uses for the truck are as a daily driver, I put roughly 75 miles a day, 70 of them highway miles. No towing during the week, but I own a 16' boat that weigh's
Any recommendations on oil, or a pattern of experimentation with various oils and analysis to find the best options is greatly appreciated. I did look through the posts, but was unable to find anything for this particular engine. The manual states Motorcraft 5W-20 which I am fine with, but also wanted to see if there are "better" options that would provide tangible benefits as opposed to just brand loyalty. I have use pretty much every flavor of oil and in my previous vehicle (Honda CRV) found no real change across brands but also did not apply any kind of empirical standard to the process because it was a beater work car.
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