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Sep 27, 2015 | 04:46 PM

mrshark

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So since relocating to Florida, I don't drive my truck too much, I take it to work maybe 1 day a week just to move it, a roughly 75 mile round trip.

At any rate, I had some major work done to the truck last February, tune up, and also timing chain came off rollers causing mass havoc. Truck runs great, but since then 7 months ago and only about 3500 miles I still have the same oil. Oil on dipstick looks brand new. Mechanic who did work on upper end of engine said I must have kept up with the maintenance since he never saw a V8 with zero sludge or even any varnish underneath the valve covers, not sure if he was feeding me a line of crap but I saw the inside of the engine, it looked nice.

Thoughts on going about a year between oil changes? Doesnt burn any oil , truck has about 126k miles on it. 5.4 V8.

Thanks

Sep 27, 2015 | 06:45 PM

srb1194

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My opinion would be based on the type of oil you use and what your prior interval was. I probably would go ahead and change it but I've always done mine at 5K intervals and have had no major internal work done.

Sep 27, 2015 | 08:17 PM

mrshark

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always used FL 820S Motorcraft filter, and also always right around 4k miles, agreed I will do it in the next month or so just to be safe..

Sep 28, 2015 | 05:04 AM

tseekins

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My wife drives the Expedition about 5000-6500 miles per year, I change the oil and filter annually. MC oil and filter. No issues at all after years of this.

Sep 28, 2015 | 06:54 PM

1saxman

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I change the oil in mine annually but that's usually less than 2500 mi. In your case I would change it on a six-month schedule. It is much more humid there than here and that is one of the reasons for not leaving it in a year.

Oct 7, 2015 | 01:23 AM

karlduke

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I recommend doing changing it every 5k or 6 months. Besides oil is pretty cheap than replacing your engine.

Oct 7, 2015 | 05:59 PM

rsylvstr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tseekins

My wife drives the Expedition about 5000-6500 miles per year, I change the oil and filter annually. MC oil and filter. No issues at all after years of this.

Same here. Thx for your service Senior Chief