Hi All,
I'm new so be gentle with me. A month ago I went and bought a 2002 Excursion with a V10 that was used as a rental. It had almost 21,000 miles on it when I got it. A friend turned me on to FTE which thru links I wound up here.
I can't get enough of this stuff!! I learn more everytime I come on. You guys are the bomb.
Anyway, I immediately changed the oil to M1 5w-30
with a fram double guard, you know the one with PTFE. This was before I started reading here. I promise I wont ever do it again and I won't buy Fram again honest.
Ran that oil for 3500, was nervous about the PTFE. My friend who is also a ford service manager starts giving me a hard time about the M1 5w-30. "It's not what ford specs yada yada yada" I found some M1 0w-20 last weekend and an M1 filter. I changed out the 5w-30 and put in the 0w-20 with the new filter. The truck seems to have lost about a 1/2 mile per gallon and seems a bit noisier.
I do short, I mean real short (2 miles) commute to work and tow the balloon trailer (2k lbs) on the weekends. I will do long hauls on occasion to balloon events 5000 mile RT to Billings MT in summer and 6000 mile round trip to Albuquerque in the fall.
So here's the dilemma: I want to change my oil out about every 5K I know I can longer but I just feel better about it. After reading about UOAs and VOAs I really like the M1 for strength, price and availability. I will use one of the better filters M1 or Pure One. Do I go with the 0w-20 and keep my friend / ford rep happy or do I go with the 5W-30 for piece of mind or maybe something else?
Thanks
Ray in New Hampshire
My Balloon web page
I'm new so be gentle with me. A month ago I went and bought a 2002 Excursion with a V10 that was used as a rental. It had almost 21,000 miles on it when I got it. A friend turned me on to FTE which thru links I wound up here.
I can't get enough of this stuff!! I learn more everytime I come on. You guys are the bomb.
Anyway, I immediately changed the oil to M1 5w-30
with a fram double guard, you know the one with PTFE. This was before I started reading here. I promise I wont ever do it again and I won't buy Fram again honest.
Ran that oil for 3500, was nervous about the PTFE. My friend who is also a ford service manager starts giving me a hard time about the M1 5w-30. "It's not what ford specs yada yada yada" I found some M1 0w-20 last weekend and an M1 filter. I changed out the 5w-30 and put in the 0w-20 with the new filter. The truck seems to have lost about a 1/2 mile per gallon and seems a bit noisier.
I do short, I mean real short (2 miles) commute to work and tow the balloon trailer (2k lbs) on the weekends. I will do long hauls on occasion to balloon events 5000 mile RT to Billings MT in summer and 6000 mile round trip to Albuquerque in the fall.
So here's the dilemma: I want to change my oil out about every 5K I know I can longer but I just feel better about it. After reading about UOAs and VOAs I really like the M1 for strength, price and availability. I will use one of the better filters M1 or Pure One. Do I go with the 0w-20 and keep my friend / ford rep happy or do I go with the 5W-30 for piece of mind or maybe something else?
Thanks
Ray in New Hampshire
