Hack
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It seems foolish to me for a person to leave 25,000 miles worth of dirt in their oil. I don't care how good the oil is, if it's full of dirt it won't protect your engine as well. If you use a less expensive oil and change it more frequently you will be better off.I was joking kind of. Mc isn’t bad oil. But they are not equal. Amsoil is a blender, but they blend more detergents than anyone into their formulation. That’s why they advertise it as 25,000 mileage oil. But filters are 15k
I cannot see motorcraft every offering that longevity.
There is barely any difference in cost
Mc is like 8 dollars cheaper for a pack of 12 quarts than amsoil SS.
Oil that is disposed of properly gets recycled, so it's not really a waste. Do you skip washing your hands to prevent wasting water?I feel that’s pure waste. Poor dinosaur bodies. I’d assume a minimum of 5k on any high quality oil in a 350. Curious what’s manual state using MC recommended oil on mileage? 5k or 1 year if I had to guess?
The manual says to use the intelligent oil life monitor system in the car to determine when the car needs oil changes, and that the oil change intervals can be as long as 10,000 miles or 1 year. The manual also says to change the oil before and after every track event.
I think that automobile manufacturers are recommending service intervals that are too long. They believe that customers don't want service intervals to be very frequent, and they know the car will outlast its warranty. My opinion is 10,000 miles is far too long of an oil change interval.
I agree with this. Ford just needs the engine to outlast the warranty. But even though I believe MotorCraft oil is made to a price point, I still think that it's plenty good enough to protect an engine from wear for many years and hundreds of thousands of miles. Dependent upon how the engine is used, of course.Most people who pull that argument about r&d never worked as an engineer or in production.
It's all made/designed to a spec/price point and that desired result from the company is not usually reliability first.
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