5w30 Castrol Edge, 8.6k OCI, 2020 Ford Expedition 3.5EB, 62K

[meborder]

I see lots of talk about shorter OCIs on turbocharged engines, particularly the 3.5L Ecoboost.

This is a 2020 expedition with a Gen 2 3.5 EcoBoost. The oil life meter was at 13% and this was the first fill of the Castrol Edge 5w30 in the gold bottle (20k mile formula).

The vehicle gets lots of highway miles cruising at 75-80 mph and sees quite a bit of towing. This OCI represents just over 8,500 miles, with around 2,000 of that with a trailer of some sort behind (pop-up camper, loaded car trailers, and a Travel Trailer).

I'm happy with this. The oil is holding up well and could have easily gone longer.
I am going to keep changing the oil around 10% on the IOLM and I'm going to keep doing analysis on every change to show proof of maintenance for my extended warranty.

Iron and aluminum look great to me. Silicon is higher than I'd like, but I live on gravel. Air filter is very clean looking, but maybe I need a better one to keep the dirt out, IDK. Something to think about anyway. TBN and viscosity look great for the miles, IMO.

any thoughts and comments are welcome

 

[fantastic]

Ti from the Castrol add pack.. I know most know that but I have to make a mental note each time. I think you have a good plan at 10% oil life. I think, isn't it Castrol that now advertises 25k miles on one of their lines now? Not sure if they've made it to the shelves yet though. Good run for what it was under I think it looks exceptable. Would still be nice to have a fuel reading but the visc seems to be good at 10.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Another good UOA from the Gold Jug EP.

 

[himemsys]

I think given the mileage, everything looks great. Less than 3ppm per 1000 miles on the metals, and only 2.3ppm per 1k miles on the silicon.

 

[Crusher]

meborder
Looks Good!
You probably can't go wrong changing between 7,500-10,000 miles with the Castrol Edge 5w-30

 

[addyguy]

I think this looks just great given the usage and engine type. Gold-jug Edge is a good product!

 

[wareze]

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