March VA Chat Thread... All Welcome!
Posting Guru
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,151
Likes: 0
From: Blackwater, VA
oil- i use rotella or napa brand. while the honda has no real preference, i've found (the hard way) that price tends to reflect quality when it comes to my baby. she has expensive taste! lol
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 5,121
Likes: 1
From: Springfield, VA
For your dieshole, I run the Rotella 15w40. No oil problems in the 112k miles I have on the truck. Not saying that I haven't had problems with injectors, branch tubes, timing covers, and egr coolers though...
As for your others, what all are you changing the oil on? What's the recommended grade and type? Some of these newer autos recommend synthetics, some synthetic blends, and some just plain old dyno. I run the mobil 1 stuff in my 150, and let my wife take her minivan to Jiffy lube for their dyno (Penzioil, I think)
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
10 Ugly Ford Trucks That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
Senior User
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 226
Likes: 0
From: fredericksburg ,va
jiffy for everything else i have 5 cars and trucks it would cost a fortune if i did the deisels there i think i'm going to go with rotella but 5w or 15 just had injectors changed put 70hp in
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 5,121
Likes: 1
From: Springfield, VA
go with the 15w40, it's geting to be summer and them things run HOT!
If you are going to do the oil yourself on the others, just get either Mobil1 or Penzoil in whatever grades the particular auto recommends. Also, stay away from the FRAM filters, the paper element is known to fail causing the filter to go into bypass, essentially like you have no filter at all. For the fords, I've never had a problem with the Motorcraft filters, for your others, might as well go with Delco or Wix.
Check Fredericksburg Auto parts for the Wix filters if you want to run them, for the diesel, just get the ford filter and call it good.
Oh, and don't forget about Saturday at 2pm!!!!!
If you are going to do the oil yourself on the others, just get either Mobil1 or Penzoil in whatever grades the particular auto recommends. Also, stay away from the FRAM filters, the paper element is known to fail causing the filter to go into bypass, essentially like you have no filter at all. For the fords, I've never had a problem with the Motorcraft filters, for your others, might as well go with Delco or Wix.
Check Fredericksburg Auto parts for the Wix filters if you want to run them, for the diesel, just get the ford filter and call it good.
Oh, and don't forget about Saturday at 2pm!!!!!
FTE Legend
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 54,028
Likes: 2,408
From: NY and VA
Morning VA. I use synthetic in the cars, Usually Penzoil in the trucks. My 86 is getting so tired I run 20w-50. Rotella in my back hoe diesel. Ditto on NG fram filters. There has been a lot of research on the crown vic site on oil filters and oil. Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Marauder, and Towncar
Thread Starter
|
FTE Legend
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 80,542
Likes: 97
From: Norlina NC
Also, stay away from the FRAM filters, the paper element is known to fail causing the filter to go into bypass, essentially like you have no filter at all. For the fords, I've never had a problem with the Motorcraft filters, for your others, might as well go with Delco or Wix.
granted my stang is getting motorcraft... but is mainly cuz i wanna keep it with ford parts... which have been told motorcraft and napa gold filters are both made on the wix design... napa golds rumored to actually be a re-labeled wix brand really...
and i know my truck punishes its filters with as hot as it runs... summers im constantly in 220-230* mark for the engine temp.. way hotter than most engines out there run...