Town Car 4.6 oil choice

[cincykz]

I switched in the VRP yesterday with an fl820s. Oil that came out looked pretty good, I'd say only a couple thousand miles on it. The car was last serviced at a dealership, and the next oil change wasn't due for about 3k miles per the sticker, filter on there was a Microgard and was solid and nicely put together. Looking in through the fill cap, motor looks really clean already with no varnish to be seen. Belly of the car was also really nice. I feel like I did well with this one! (Knocks on wood.)

 

[tired]

Nice work. That looks really clean.

Microgard Select filters are really good and well liked around here.

 

[melk]

Warm it up and take some wot pulls

 

[cincykz]

Warm it up and take some wot pulls

Pending the trans filter and first drain and fill, as well as fresh 75-140 in the pumpkin. These cars aren't fast, but they're not terribly slow either. They have good midrange for most normal driving needs.

Also no DI, intercooler, cylinder deactivation, etc...

 

[cincykz]

30mpg not representative of normal operation, but never under 20 and 24 pretty achievable. That 30.0 was about 40 miles at about 55mph, flat.

 

[cincykz]

Did a drain and fill on the trans, 4.5 qts mercon LV and a new motorcraft filter. Old fluid pretty dark but not burnt smelling. Not much dust on the magnet, but some.

Was the first fluid change I imagine, still had the dipstick plug in the pan.

Does anyone have a recommended cheap pump to do another exchange through the dipstick hole? I'd like to do another fluid change to get the fluid fresher, but don't really want to drop the pan again.

 

[MVAR]

Did a drain and fill on the trans, 4.5 qts mercon LV and a new motorcraft filter. Old fluid pretty dark but not burnt smelling. Not much dust on the magnet, but some.

Was the first fluid change I imagine, still had the dipstick plug in the pan.

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Does anyone have a recommended cheap pump to do another exchange through the dipstick hole? I'd like to do another fluid change to get the fluid fresher, but don't really want to drop the pan again.

Don’t know how cheap you’re looking for. I bought this one back in ‘23 and it’s worked out great

https://www.amazon.com/OEMTOOLS-24389-Extractor-Overflow-Dipstick/dp/B00LCEWR4A