I'd like to get some opinions on oil rec's for 2 different vehicles. I think it'll be easier to make 2 threads.
1. What kind of vehicle you have? 2013 F150 4x4 5.0 20100 miles.
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications and change intervals as well? Manual calls for pretty much any API approved 5W20 and OLM which would call for 10k mile changes judging by OLM % left when I have changed the oil previously. For example I change at 6k every time and the OLM is at 39%-40% every time. I have used MC FL500S filter and MC SynBlend 5W20 since I bought it new. Change oil every 6k miles. Air filter at 18k.
3. Where you live? Northeast Ga. Fairly predictable weather: 3 months of High 80's to mid 90's, 3 months of 40's to 70's Spring and Fall, and 3 months of 30's to 50's. Snow a couple times of year for less than a week. Occasional single digits and teens, probably several weeks per Winter.
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?)
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)
I get on it pretty hard at least once a day. Takes me 20 minutes to travel 9.6 miles to work every day from 30-50mph. I come home on the interstate doing 75 -80mph at least once a week which adds about 5 miles to my trip. Low speed driving and idling, less than 5mph for a half hour 4-5 times a week down through the bottoms at the river. Use 4wd 4-5 times a week up steep hills and boggy areas. 1-2 times a month interstate 75-85mph for an hour or so.
6. Whether your car has any known problems? No problems. No oil consumption.
I plan to keep this truck for a very long time. Hopefully forever. I would use MC Full Synthetic if I could find it and if it were a reasonable price. I would like to use full synthetic at my next oil change at 24k miles. No need for Extended Performance or anything like that as I enjoy changing oil too much to go past 6k. I put about 12k miles a year on my truck with just about every imaginable driving style. Any reasonably priced oil is not an issue but I'm not willing to pay $10/qt for oil. Full disclosure: I can get Kendall Full Synthetic 5W20 or 5W30 at a reasonable price and that is currently what I plan on running. My wife has a 2011 Buick Enclave and I just switched it to Kendall FS 5W30. Since her vehicle uses the same oil filter as my truck it sure would simplify things to use the same oil and filter on both. Though her vehicle calls for 5W30 and mine for 5W20. If I did switch oil weights on one of the vehicles I would switch mine to 5W30 before I switched her to 5W20. (Coincidentally my riding mower uses the same filter, though I use the shorter version and Mobil 1 High Mileage 10W30). I'm gonna start another thread on her vehicle as well. Thanks for the input. Great forum.
1. What kind of vehicle you have? 2013 F150 4x4 5.0 20100 miles.
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications and change intervals as well? Manual calls for pretty much any API approved 5W20 and OLM which would call for 10k mile changes judging by OLM % left when I have changed the oil previously. For example I change at 6k every time and the OLM is at 39%-40% every time. I have used MC FL500S filter and MC SynBlend 5W20 since I bought it new. Change oil every 6k miles. Air filter at 18k.
3. Where you live? Northeast Ga. Fairly predictable weather: 3 months of High 80's to mid 90's, 3 months of 40's to 70's Spring and Fall, and 3 months of 30's to 50's. Snow a couple times of year for less than a week. Occasional single digits and teens, probably several weeks per Winter.
4. How you drive (easy? hard? fast? slow?)
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)
I get on it pretty hard at least once a day. Takes me 20 minutes to travel 9.6 miles to work every day from 30-50mph. I come home on the interstate doing 75 -80mph at least once a week which adds about 5 miles to my trip. Low speed driving and idling, less than 5mph for a half hour 4-5 times a week down through the bottoms at the river. Use 4wd 4-5 times a week up steep hills and boggy areas. 1-2 times a month interstate 75-85mph for an hour or so.
6. Whether your car has any known problems? No problems. No oil consumption.
I plan to keep this truck for a very long time. Hopefully forever. I would use MC Full Synthetic if I could find it and if it were a reasonable price. I would like to use full synthetic at my next oil change at 24k miles. No need for Extended Performance or anything like that as I enjoy changing oil too much to go past 6k. I put about 12k miles a year on my truck with just about every imaginable driving style. Any reasonably priced oil is not an issue but I'm not willing to pay $10/qt for oil. Full disclosure: I can get Kendall Full Synthetic 5W20 or 5W30 at a reasonable price and that is currently what I plan on running. My wife has a 2011 Buick Enclave and I just switched it to Kendall FS 5W30. Since her vehicle uses the same oil filter as my truck it sure would simplify things to use the same oil and filter on both. Though her vehicle calls for 5W30 and mine for 5W20. If I did switch oil weights on one of the vehicles I would switch mine to 5W30 before I switched her to 5W20. (Coincidentally my riding mower uses the same filter, though I use the shorter version and Mobil 1 High Mileage 10W30). I'm gonna start another thread on her vehicle as well. Thanks for the input. Great forum.