I've literally put a few million miles on vehicles. My last teardown was one of my 5.0's with 188K. It was clean inside. We reused all pistons, rods, cam, lifters, rockers, etc... the block only took a 2000-wire dry hone while the crank only took a polish. I ran dino and a Motorcraft FL1A and changed when dirty (3000 miles is only a suggestion).DMAN302 said:Best oil is clean oil and for the filter...try to attain the best filter availabe.
I find 3000 miles to be the magic number not because of the dirtyness of the oil,but the vescosity of the oil.As soon as I hit 3000 miles with regular dino oil it seemed the oil got real thin!!!PuterAmI said:I've literally put a few million miles on vehicles. My last teardown was one of my 5.0's with 188K. It was clean inside. We reused all pistons, rods, cam, lifters, rockers, etc... the block only took a 2000-wire dry hone while the crank only took a polish. I ran dino and a Motorcraft FL1A and changed when dirty (3000 miles is only a suggestion).
Everyone has an opinion and the word "best" is subjective. The "best" advice is highlighted by DMAN302.
Too, not to.aod92 said:My dip stick is messed up so i keep putting to much in.
aod92 said:How many quarts does a 5.0 take with the stock pan? My dip stick is messed up so i keep putting to much in.