My 90-year old father-in-law has a 2017 Lincoln Continental with the twin-turbo, 400HP, 3.0-liter GTDI V6 engine. Bought used from Lincoln dealer In September 2020. Per invoice, dealer changed oil in September at 33,770 with 6 quarts of V0-5W30, part # SYN-BLE 004768. I'm surprised they didn't use full synthetic in the high-performance engine.
In October, they sent him a letter for a free oil change today (7/29/21). Current mileage is 35,982. That's all of 2,212 miles since last oil change. Not sure if does a lot of short trips. Probably. I'm sure there's an OLM, but he probably wouldn't be able to find it and I can't see the car today.
I do see in the manual that there is a OLM warning light at 10% and again at 0%. Presumably, he hasn't seen those. The manual says the OLM is one-year or 10,000 miles. Also, the manual says syn-blend, full syn optional.
Should we go today or reschedule when OLM hits 10% or something else? Should we switch to full-syn? If so, should we do that now regardless of OLM? Thanks.
In October, they sent him a letter for a free oil change today (7/29/21). Current mileage is 35,982. That's all of 2,212 miles since last oil change. Not sure if does a lot of short trips. Probably. I'm sure there's an OLM, but he probably wouldn't be able to find it and I can't see the car today.
I do see in the manual that there is a OLM warning light at 10% and again at 0%. Presumably, he hasn't seen those. The manual says the OLM is one-year or 10,000 miles. Also, the manual says syn-blend, full syn optional.
Should we go today or reschedule when OLM hits 10% or something else? Should we switch to full-syn? If so, should we do that now regardless of OLM? Thanks.