Initial Oil Change thoughts?

[Strokercrate]

Any dealer will do it. I do my own. I worked in too many shops and don't trust anyone to touch my machines.

This. Although I didn't work in a shop. Had to many times overfill and a few under. Over is just as bad. So I do my own now.

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[OutWest]

My subjective view: looks like Ford puts an oil that has a higher content of boron (from a post from a uk owner). So, I’ll chose an oil with higher boron content in it just to avoid…drum… the typewriter tick in a coyote engine

 

[Charlemagne]

I'm gonna let the dealer do the initial change at 2000 miles (at 1300 miles now) in the spring and install the oil separator while it's there. Purely as a precaution since Fordpass shows 85% oil life still left.

 

[silverbullet85]

I've changed my own oil since day one on my 19 gt, (8 times total approximately) around 1000 miles then at 2000 then at 3k and around every 2-3k since on the factory plug, no issues with leakage or damage to the oring, I changed it last time I did the oil just because.

 

[velocityblue5.0]

I'm gonna let the dealer do the initial change at 2000 miles (at 1300 miles now) in the spring and install the oil separator while it's there. Purely as a precaution since Fordpass shows 85% oil life still left.

you mean the catch can?

 

[Ninpop9]

What I am about to say is going to be controversial but break-in oil changes should be at three thousand miles and so should every subsequent oil change after that. I've seen too many engines with only a few thousand miles that are filled with sludge because of the shitty oil intervals these companies give out. Think of the future where 50 bucks worth of oil is far less than a motor.

Oh and do it yourself with a full synthetic

 

[velocityblue5.0]

What I am about to say is going to be controversial but break-in oil changes should be at three thousand miles and so should every subsequent oil change after that. I've seen too many engines with only a few thousand miles that are filled with sludge because of the shitty oil intervals these companies give out. Think of the future where 50 bucks worth of oil is far less than a motor.

Oh and do it yourself with a full synthetic

oh definitely synthetic. always used mobile 1 on my 2014. honestly on that, i barely did 2k a year and i changed the oil every fall. if i don’t have to do this initial change at 1000, i’ll be happy. gives me more time to research this new oil plug replacement as well.

 

[Ninpop9]

oh definitely synthetic. always used mobile 1 on my 2014. honestly on that, i barely did 2k a year and i changed the oil every fall. if i don’t have to do this initial change at 1000, i’ll be happy. gives me more time to research this new oil plug replacement as well.

Yeah you want to make sure the car is fully broken in with the special oil they use from the factory, i'd wait to 3k.

 

[velocityblue5.0]

Yeah you want to make sure the car is fully broken in with the special oil they use from the factory, i'd wait to 3k.

that sounds good to me. i don’t know where i even saw 1000 mile change on a new car. the oil life is at 92%.

 

[young at heart]

that sounds good to me. i don’t know where i even saw 1000 mile change on a new car. the oil life is at 92%.

On my 2020 GT I looked all through the manual and read everything I could but nowhere did it say anything except an interval of 7500 miles, including the first change. I called 6-7 nearby dealers who all confirmed 7500 miles, although a couple said they prefer to do the first one at 5000.

I did my first one at a little under 2500 anyway and went full syn. Probably not necessary but I’m old school and it just made me feel better.

 

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[PoCoBob]

I have the same plastic plug on my 2016 Edge as I do on the my 2019 Mustang. I've done 7 oil changes on the Edge and never changed the o-ring yet. There is never any oil leaking from around the plug once you clean up the mess that it makes while draining the oil.

I've only changed the Mustang oil once so far. I did it at around 5000 miles which was a year from new. I had to buy a 15 quart drain pan. Biggest problem with changing the oil in the Mustang is getting it high enough off the ground, you need low profile ramps so the front end doesn't hit, but then those ramps really don't have much lift to them.

The other guys aren't kidding about how fast the oil comes out of that plug, it's like a fire hose spraying burning hot oil. Be ready for it.

 

[velocityblue5.0]

I have the same plastic plug on my 2016 Edge as I do on the my 2019 Mustang. I've done 7 oil changes on the Edge and never changed the o-ring yet. There is never any oil leaking from around the plug once you clean up the mess that it makes while draining the oil.

I've only changed the Mustang oil once so far. I did it at around 5000 miles which was a year from new. I had to buy a 15 quart oil pan. Biggest problem with changing the oil in the Mustang is getting it high enough off the ground, you need low profile ramps so the front end doesn't hit, but then those ramps really don't have much lift to them.

The other guys aren't kidding about how fast the oil comes out of that plug, it's like a fire hose spraying burning hot oil. Be ready for it.

yeah i watched some videos. it’s fast lol. i have ramps, and i put it on them once to see and only part that hits is this rubber flappy piece underneath and looks like it’s meant to flap and be flexible.

 

[Strokercrate]

yeah i watched some videos. it’s fast lol. i have ramps, and i put it on them once to see and only part that hits is this rubber flappy piece underneath and looks like it’s meant to flap and be flexible.

18 or 19in rims?

 

[velocityblue5.0]

18 or 19in rims?

18 stock beauties here

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