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Jan 5, 2009 | 01:14 AM

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orng1

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Originally Posted by fairchase

Hey glad to be on the forum.

I just bought a 2001 250 SD 4x4 to use on the farm. I was surprised to see the oil cap said 5w20. I'm not used to oil that light. Are most of you running this and if so are you using dino or syn?

Thanks for any imput

I use the dealer oil, my buddy works for ford and changes it for me. He said to run that weight 5w20 regardless of the milleage, I now have 256k miles. He changed the oil for me around 2k miles ago and it's still slightly over the full mark.