[quote=Ray Hamel;1166939]OK, this is my opinion.
First---Stop changing your oil at the Quicky Lube places. I have heard too many horror stories about their cheap oil filters failing and you never really know what the quality of their oil really is. The have no mechanics and you get what you pay for. The $5 you save may result in some expensive engine wear or worse.



JUST MY OPINION. I don't let anyone else change my oil. It's too quick and easy to do it myself.
Most dealers use bulk oil which sits in a big drum of some sort and collects moisture/debris. Some of the dealer oil changers are no better than the "slow lube guys". Motorcraft does not own a refinery, so they contract the lowest bidder to fill motorcraft labeled juggs with oil. If the specification rating is the same, then one brand of oil is probably no better than another. I normally use motorcraft oil because it's usually cheaper.

While on an extended road trip that required an oil change before returning home, I bought oil, filter, drain pan, and changed it in the parking lot of walmart. I then poured the old oil in their recycle container. It cost less, I had extra oil, an extra drain pan, and finished quicker than the "slow Lube guys". Best of all, I didn't have to worry about them messing up anything on my truck.

As stated by others, moisture in cap ok, moisture in oil not ok!

 

Adding a remote start will help, but it probably won't have any effect.

Running the truck at normal operating temps under load for periods of 30 min every now and then will not only help the oil condensation problem, but it will also help out your battery life (allows enough time for alt. to fully charge back up battery) and the transmission fluid out as well.

During the winter, I purposely take the "long" way home at least once a week.