Hi,
I searched lots of places to get the answers for the following questions but I couldn't, so thought of posting it here.
I own a 96 Lincoln continental (120k miles) (used car), manual says I need to use Ford Motorcraft synthetic blend oil or engine oils that meets Ford specification ESE M2C153E and of vicosity 5w30. And never to use oils labelle API SA, SB...SG. The questions are -
1. Can I use fully synthetic oils of 5w30?
2. Can I use oils like Valvoline/ Mobil/ Castrol or they don't meet these requirements? As some of these oils do mention about API SG SH etc
3. Can I use the Walmart brand oil?
4. Can I use regular conventional oil (given the mileage on the car)?
5. Can I switch between synthetic, synthetic blend & conventional oils back and forth?
6. I drive about 6 miles everyday, how often do I need to change oil & oil filter? Would it vary if I were to drive 100 miles a day?
7. Does using a 5w20 or lesser viscosity oil increase mileage but provide the same protection to the engine? If my geographic location would matter then I live in Atlanta GA fyi.
8. In general, what are the general checks we need to do in order to drive the care for as many miles as possible? I only change the engine oil regularly.
9. Do the continentals hold upto 300k or 400k?
Thanks,
I searched lots of places to get the answers for the following questions but I couldn't, so thought of posting it here.
I own a 96 Lincoln continental (120k miles) (used car), manual says I need to use Ford Motorcraft synthetic blend oil or engine oils that meets Ford specification ESE M2C153E and of vicosity 5w30. And never to use oils labelle API SA, SB...SG. The questions are -
1. Can I use fully synthetic oils of 5w30?
2. Can I use oils like Valvoline/ Mobil/ Castrol or they don't meet these requirements? As some of these oils do mention about API SG SH etc
3. Can I use the Walmart brand oil?
4. Can I use regular conventional oil (given the mileage on the car)?
5. Can I switch between synthetic, synthetic blend & conventional oils back and forth?
6. I drive about 6 miles everyday, how often do I need to change oil & oil filter? Would it vary if I were to drive 100 miles a day?
7. Does using a 5w20 or lesser viscosity oil increase mileage but provide the same protection to the engine? If my geographic location would matter then I live in Atlanta GA fyi.
8. In general, what are the general checks we need to do in order to drive the care for as many miles as possible? I only change the engine oil regularly.
9. Do the continentals hold upto 300k or 400k?
Thanks,