what oil are you running?

manual says 5K between changes, but I still change mine at 3k. The manual also recommends motorcraft, not requires.

Hmm...I'd swear it said "requires." But I also read it back in like september or august.

F*** it, I'm not doing anything. I'm gonna run grab the manual real quick. Just to clear up any curiosity anyone may have. Be back soon. Was gonna install the driveshaft today, but I'm REALLY feeling like laziness is more appealing...
 
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EvasiveS197

Ford cannot tell you that you have to use their oil to keep the warranty. It's against the law, it's part of the Magnuson Ferguson Act ... Now if you're using a different weight of oil than that's a different story. Brand wise you are not stuck with Motorcraft.
 
EvasiveS197

Ford cannot tell you that you have to use their oil to keep the warranty. It's against the law, it's part of the Magnuson Ferguson Act ... Now if you're using a different weight of oil than that's a different story. Brand wise you are not stuck with Motorcraft.

What you say makes sense...

But still, I prefer motorcraft, mobil 1, or royal...and won't use anything but 5w20
 
Here's a possible dumb question.
What's the worst that could happen if one were to leave the original oil in a new car unchanged for 2-3k?
I'm assuming this is what a majority of the population does anyway, because the manual doesn't mention anything about draining out the 'break in oil.'
 
i worked a quick change when about 8 years ago and they had a fram filter cut open to show the diff and the fram filters then were all cardboard in side it was a really ****ty design back then dont know if it has changed and i havnt used fram since
 
AmsOil

I use 0w30 amsoil and a wix filter. The oil is full synthetic and the filter is recommended by amsoil, wix makes the amsoil 17.00 filter but sells it for 6.40 with wix written on it.

Ford, as Art stated earlier, requires oils used in their engines to meet Ford specification WSS-M2C 930-A with API Certification Mark.

Amsoil has 3 oils they recommend for use in a 4.6 and they all meet the Ford specs. I chose the heavier oil because I live in a hot climate.
 
I think I'm actually going to give royal purple a try on my next change. I had been concerned that it was some new magic snake oil or something but all I keep hearing is good feedback. Has anyone had any long term bad effects from it???