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Jul 9, 2007 | 10:54 PM

FordTRK

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Hi everyone! I recently purchased a 03 F-250 Lariat 6.0 (104k miles) on ebay. I had a car fax done, and it came out good? I'm planning to fly in, pick it up, and drive it 1k miles. I will be having the truck serviced before I fly in. Aside from filters, what would you have done to it?

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Jul 9, 2007 | 11:19 PM

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Maybe trans flush and refill, It maybe due a coolant change if not already done, maybe oil change.

Jul 10, 2007 | 05:43 PM

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Have you had an Oasis report done? Many times it will show stuff (all dealer warranty repairs) that Carfax does not. There is a thread in this forum where you can post the Vin # and request an Oasis report.

Jul 10, 2007 | 05:49 PM

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Oh crap! I thought the Car-fax was sufficient enough. I'll try an locate the thread you mentioned for an Oasis report. I hope it doesn't take long for the report to come in.

Thanks guys!

Jul 10, 2007 | 07:53 PM

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Oh crap! I thought the Car-fax was sufficient enough. I'll try an locate the thread you mentioned for an Oasis report. I hope it doesn't take long for the report to come in.

Thanks guys!

car-fax is for insurance claims but oasis if for warranty claims and will tell what all has been touched by ford for the 5/100k

Jul 13, 2007 | 12:34 AM

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Oasis came in pretty good. What a relief. Had a few injectors replaces and exhaust pipe repaired. Not much more.

While speaking to the service manager at the Ford dealership today, I told him that I would like to have Delvac 5/40 for the oil change. His reply was that it didn't contain an anti-foaming agent, and that I should use Motorcraft 15/40. I haven't seen the oil spec yet, but I believe it calls for a CJ-4? Is that correct? Also what's up with the anti-foaming agent? Is this an issue with Rotella T 5/40 as well? I really would like a 100% synthetic oil.

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