New ecosport owner with 2300 miles and just did OCI#1, myself.
First - its a pretty easy oil change, agreed? No undertray and everything exposed and accessible and a nice reusable rubber grommet /washer on the drain plug bolt. Odd choice that the bolt head is 16mm though.
I thought the factory oil was too thin for quiet operation, engine was clattery when revved, but that FF it seemed like a "conventional" so I stuck with that OIL CAP grade which is 5W20. But in synthetic form. I haven't looked up M1 0W20 EP lately but 5w20 tend to be right on the margin. of a 30 grade with tonnes less VM so they are can be formulated to an ideal product.
Two big mistake I'm seeing here,1) that engine needed another 1000miles of wear in on the FF before going to
that M1 EP synthetic oil. 2) The Fram Ultra is a good filter, but you are NOT going 10K/ 1 year on OCI #1 - Still too much wear-in
going on.
I used my proven Magic formula of Valvoline Advanced 5w20 and a 1/2 qt of Castrol GTX Manatec 5W30 as I had used on our Crosstrek.
Then I used the longer but appropriate Motorcraft FL400S filter. Beautiful unit at a bargain price of about three bucks at WM!
That is a great engine with very high 166 HP for its displacement 122 cubic inches, but the 12:1 compression needs a bit of premium in the tank to run smoothly , quietly and correctly. I use about 3 gal of premium under the rest 87 octane.
DO NOT use all premium. NOT needed and it will get sluggish.
That's a comfortable around town car with great seats, a nice base stereo and lots of cargo room - just no back seat room!.
Bargain pirce under 17K too with AWD. Main complaint, the Steering is too darty and nervous - How is yours?
I may have the rear alignment checked - or i'll do it myself. Fuel mileage is terrible at 24 mpg average around town, but not a concern for me.
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