Oil change question
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Oil change question
I'm on the fence here but leaning one way so I wanted the opinions of the fine gentlemen here. I am nearing the 1 year date for the last oil change in my truck. Fortunately I had a company truck for a good stretch last year which kept the miles to a minimum. I will be hitting the 1 yr mark Feb 3rd but I am only at 7400 and change, I was planning on going around 10K and do a Blackstone OA. I did the filter and top-off at 5K with full syn QS 5-20. Since I'm currently laid off seasonally should I just do the OC early and again lose the benefit of full syn (did the same thing last year) or should I push forward a few weeks and try to gain a few more miles out of this OC? I won't be putting many miles on it until this snow and freeze aka winter moves on somewhat. All opinions welcome 
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I'm almost sure that the owner's manual says to do the oil change no longer than a 1 year interval, regardless of mileage.
I would not extend past the 1 year just to make sure there is no future warranty concerns because the maintenance schedule was not followed. I think you did well getting 1 year and 7500 miles out of the synthetic oil. Change it now, send the sample in, and you will have a good base line on how well the oil did it's job.
I would not extend past the 1 year just to make sure there is no future warranty concerns because the maintenance schedule was not followed. I think you did well getting 1 year and 7500 miles out of the synthetic oil. Change it now, send the sample in, and you will have a good base line on how well the oil did it's job.
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Thats exactly the way I was leaning and for those exact reasons. I'm bored today and was thinking of doing it, it wouldn't take long. Crack the fumoto valve, let it drain while I'm goofing off and swap the filters out quick/refill. Done and done. That way I'm not out in the cold too long. Or I could do it tomorrow, whats my hurry? lol
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IMO...if you are going to send in a sample anyway, then send the sample in first and wait to see if it needs to be changed.
I am also running a fully synthetic oil, that is supposed to be able to go 12K between changes, and I asked my dealer about the milage between changes. Remember that it was only the dealer and not FoMoCo that said the extra milage and time would be ok if I could show that the oil was fine from an analysis. So I sampled mine at 5K and it came back fine. Next I'm going to sample it at 7.5K and then again at 10K. It will make the first oil change cycle rather expensive but I can then use the oil reports to justify the change interval.
I am also running a fully synthetic oil, that is supposed to be able to go 12K between changes, and I asked my dealer about the milage between changes. Remember that it was only the dealer and not FoMoCo that said the extra milage and time would be ok if I could show that the oil was fine from an analysis. So I sampled mine at 5K and it came back fine. Next I'm going to sample it at 7.5K and then again at 10K. It will make the first oil change cycle rather expensive but I can then use the oil reports to justify the change interval.
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The manufacturer is in control when it comes to warranty claims. Being a car dealer I would suggest you follow the recommended service schedule...all car companies have good will funds for customers who are out of warranty down the road. I've been part of that decision process and know that clients who don't follow schedules never get consideration for exceptions with warranty.
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They will not care what Blackstone says, nor will they care what your dealer said.
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Not to hijack the thread, but I have an oil change question. I just purchased a 2011 F150 5.0 with 21,000 miles. Part of the purchase was free service for two years. The oil change sticker on the windshield indicated service is due in 5000 miles. Since the oil change is free, do I go ahead before the recommended oil change? Note it will take most of a year to get 5000 miles since I have a company vehicle for daily driving to work.
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What some of you are missing is that Tim, (the OP) has a 2010 truck without the OLM. The dump cycle is different because of that.
When I was running full syn, I did exactly as you are doing Tim. I'd change the filter at 5K, top off and run another 5K. It's not going to hurt anything.
Now if changing the oil is so important to Ford, whats the answer for a brand new truck that sat on the lot for 10-11 months waiting for a buyer, was test driven numerous times, moved around the lot numerous times and then sold without an oil change?
I don't buy into the time factor on oils. Miles, yes, time no.
When I was running full syn, I did exactly as you are doing Tim. I'd change the filter at 5K, top off and run another 5K. It's not going to hurt anything.
Now if changing the oil is so important to Ford, whats the answer for a brand new truck that sat on the lot for 10-11 months waiting for a buyer, was test driven numerous times, moved around the lot numerous times and then sold without an oil change?
I don't buy into the time factor on oils. Miles, yes, time no.
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What some of you are missing is that Tim, (the OP) has a 2010 truck without the OLM. The dump cycle is different because of that.
When I was running full syn, I did exactly as you are doing Tim. I'd change the filter at 5K, top off and run another 5K. It's not going to hurt anything.
Now if changing the oil is so important to Ford, whats the answer for a brand new truck that sat on the lot for 10-11 months waiting for a buyer, was test driven numerous times, moved around the lot numerous times and then sold without an oil change?
I don't buy into the time factor on oils. Miles, yes, time no.
When I was running full syn, I did exactly as you are doing Tim. I'd change the filter at 5K, top off and run another 5K. It's not going to hurt anything.
Now if changing the oil is so important to Ford, whats the answer for a brand new truck that sat on the lot for 10-11 months waiting for a buyer, was test driven numerous times, moved around the lot numerous times and then sold without an oil change?
I don't buy into the time factor on oils. Miles, yes, time no.
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Probably not an issue because his truck takes 5w-20 as do most Fords.
But several people have reported that the dealer put 5w-20 in their Ecoboost and it clearly states 5w-30 on the oil cap of an Ecoboost.
But several people have reported that the dealer put 5w-20 in their Ecoboost and it clearly states 5w-30 on the oil cap of an Ecoboost.
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