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You purchased wheels from this vendor, were the tires mounted on the wheels? Did they mount the wheels on your vehicle? Wheel manufacturers seldom have the capability to mount tires on their wheels. If they damage the bead area of the tires dismounting them, then they are liable for the...

One thing to keep in mind with the engine swap, a turbo doesn't have any vacuum when under power, so you won't have vacuum for the brake booster. The 2012 F-150 has an electrically driven vacuum pump to provide a vacuum source.

5W30 for the Ecoboost

Your personal opinion is yours, but I believe that the OEM would have a different opinion should there be a warranty claim submitted for the engine or clutch. They have ways of downloading exceedances from the on board computer. The extra octane accounts for the top 1% of the power band, so if...

How are you going to get high loads and low engine speeds without abusing the engine? Its exactly true because the only way that you can achieve your conditions is by: towing a trailer running an aftermarket tune The engine module electronically controls and adjusts the parameters to prevent...

Your mechanic is blowing smoke up your keester. The only time that you will need fuel with a higher octane rating is: you have an after market tune installed you are towing a trailer (re: higher manifold pressures) Ask yourself this question, how far are you pushing the engine past 4,000 rpm's...

The Simple Green that you purchase at your local store is very corrosive. There is another Simple Green formula(Extreme Simple Green) that is not as harmful to aluminum and is sold at aircraft supply houses that is suitable for engine compartments...

Combination of miles driven, oil temperatures reached, and calendar time. Regardless of the miles driven, it will trickle down to 0% after 12 months time. If you haven't driven it much, after 6 months it will show 50% life remaining. My car was purchased in July, 2015 and I just passed 2300...

That's it: https://www.lovethedrive.com/ Very satisfied and has been on the car since last August.

Yes, quick and easy. I still use the back seats for storage under the screen. The screen removes easily if I want to use the back seats for passengers too. The screen has a storage bag and fits in the trunk. I prefer this screen to the Plexiglas one as each seat can move independent of the...

Have fun and enjoy the ride

With the remote start, the fob doesn't get close to the car. In the remote start sequence, the first step is to hit the door lock button.

The recommended octane is 87 per the owners manual. 2.3L EcoBoost and 5.0L V8 Engines We recommend regular unleaded gasoline with a pump (R+M)/2 octane rating of 87. Some stations offer fuels posted as regular with an octane rating below 87, particularly in high altitude areas. We do not...

It wouldn't hurt to place some sort of de-humidifier in the car to control any possibility of mildew of the carpet or seat upholstery.

You can find your fluid capacities in your owners manual. For the 5.0: CAPACITIES AND SPECIFICATIONS - 5.0L Capacities WARNING The air conditioning refrigerant system contains refrigerant R-134a under high pressure. Only qualified personnel should service the air conditioning refrigerant...

All what metal? Was your oil filter bypassing because it was clogged up? Oil analysis is only valid if you have a base line to draw from unless your have an abnormally high concentration of iron, bronze, aluminum or silicon (dirt). On a direct injection engine (Ecoboost) you may have a...

I'm in Mississippi, here we have summer and then we have February....

Mustang and Mustang Here's a pic of my '15 Eco vert and a '44 P-51 Mustang (could be a vert if the canopy is slid back?)

The manual doesn't go into the basics, its written to an experienced professional level. Also, I upgraded to Windows 10, and the program doesn't run. I asked the disk manufacturer, and the disk doesn't support WIN 10, so if you haven't upgraded to 10, and you want to access the disk, pass on the...

And another important variable is calendar time. No matter how you drive it, it will bottom out after 12 months, oil changes are mileage and calendar time change items. Please refer to your owners manual for the details. Dave