This is helpful! :)
I just had this conversation yesterday morning at my toyota dealer getting my Highlander’s first 5,000 mile checkup.
Turbo. Towing. NO OIL CHANGE UNTIL 10,000 miles, it uses synthetic oil, they told me.
Service manual doesn’t specify synthetic, SFAICT.
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I have a 2016 Escape Titanium. I love the car.
Do these new recommendations apply to my car?
I watch a Youtube guy that disassembles engines with problems. Almost ALL are oil related and mainly related to owner not changing the oil. No reason an engine will not get 250k or more with proper care.
I’ve owned three Fords. All were pieces of garbage. Never bought another one and don’t see myself ever owning another one. It seems every few weeks Ford is having another recall. No thanks.
Rotella T6 and send it.
I’m over 25 years away from my experience with GM’s Gen 3 V-8 program. (I was project engineer for the CMM process control installations at Romulus.) Even then the mfg guys were saying that GM was complying with EPA regulations “by engineering the spec sheets”. The thing that was killing them in 1994 was a diktat that the engine must use very thin oil (5W-30?) to reduce oil drag. All well and good, except the machine tool builders couldn’t hold tolerances tightly enough to avoid a high infant mortality rate. 25 years more of this, and I surmise that the current powertrain generations are on the ragged edge of failure unless preventive maintenance protocols are rigidly followed, (at not inconsiderable expense). I for one wouldn’t even consider a turbo-charged engine as a daily driver.
I have a 2009 F-150 SuperCab 4.6 V8 with almost 339,000 miles (yes 339K) on it. Still looks and drives like new. Just regular maintenance. Interior is excellent, no tears. Only major changes are the addition of nerf bar running boards and upgrading the audio system to include wireless apple CarPlay.
Sorry for the Typos and auto correct. Wish FR had “edit” Function.