A quick note on oil change of 2.5L Hybrid

[Robot-Wrangler]

No type of skid plate or belly pan will save you from the devil rodents ....

I have two barn cats that do a good job of protecting all of my vehicles.

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[Robot-Wrangler]

I would think they could put some kind of coating on those wires to make them less tasty to rodents. I have heard of rabbits chewing wires too.

D-Conn mouse bait tastes even better than wires, so I'm told.

 

[SUNDOG52]

I agree on the oil filter never in my life have I had such trouble getting an oil filter off

Yup ,me too. Just finished my first oil change @ 2200 miles. The filter would not budge using a can wrench. It wanted to slip off. Tried a band one but had no room to rotate it. So, went and got a new can wrench and prayed a lot. With finesse, it broke loose.

I often wonder what the Ford techs use to break loose these "factory installed" filters.

BTW: I am trying the Havoline® LIFELONG High Mileage Full Synthetic Motor Oil with the OEM filter. Drain plug torqued to 27 Nm.

 

[The Real Maverick]

When young, it "feels good" doing an oil change. You get a hit of dopamine having fresh oil in there.

At some point in life, age 45 for some, 65 for others the balance beam tips.

At some point in life you get a dopamine hit from keeping that oil in there as long as possible.

My see-saw has flipped.
🥸

 

[HeyBales]

When young, it "feels good" doing an oil change. You get a hit of dopamine having fresh oil in there.

At some point in life, age 45 for some, 65 for others the balance beam tips.

At some point in life you get a dopamine hit from keeping that oil in there as long as possible.

My see-saw has flipped.
🥸

pretty good, so true.

Now I get that hit looking at the CV boot clamp areas and not see any grease stains!

 

[Poultrygeist]

When young, it "feels good" doing an oil change. You get a hit of dopamine having fresh oil in there.

At some point in life, age 45 for some, 65 for others the balance beam tips.

At some point in life you get a dopamine hit from keeping that oil in there as long as possible.

My see-saw has flipped.
🥸

It still feels good for me at 80.

 

[The Real Maverick]

I love pushing it as long as lab tests support. For hybrids, that's usually more than 15,000 mile intervals. And I'm not really sold on the one year thing being a thing in mild climates.

 

[Escapologist]

On conventional oils I have a tendency to do spring and fall changes even when I'm not getting many miles in, due to seeing the lightest mayo traces on the cap and dipstick top from humidity and temperature cycling. When I started running synth there would be no trace in fall, and I started letting them go through winter on it, but by spring there was sometimes some mayo evidence, so stuck with spring changes even on synth at less miles than I knew it could take. High mile years I was changing at 20,000 monitoring visually, and it would suddenly get darker around then, even though synth runs like strong tea as soon as you get it in. I don't know if it was actually the oil losing properties, because unlike "used up" conventional, it didn't feel watery between the fingers, or that the oil filter had just got full and was bypassing more.

 

[Mavreezy]

I used to do the oil changes myself. But after doing the math (and the hassle of it), I decided 7 years ago to just have my dealership do the oil changes on my vehicles. I can't recall ever being charged more than 50 bucks for the service. Mind you, I provide my own oil (Amsoil Signature Series), but I believe they do enough to suffice the cost. They change the oil and filter, rotate the wheels/tires, multi-point inspection, top off all fluids and wash the vehicle without trying to upsell me on any other service or parts. I assume that due to inflation, they went up on price. Them bastards charged me $62 today .

 

[The Real Maverick]

*75% more wear protection

Than what? No oil at all?

Gotta love all the statements that carry no legal meaning.

 

[Mavreezy]

*75% more wear protection

Than what? No oil at all?

Gotta love all the statements that carry no legal meaning.

No clue...Lol!

I've been using Amsoil for many years without any engine issues related to oil (knock on wood). My 2003 Mazda B3000 had 333k miles on the the original engine when I sold it to a retired high school teacher. He messaged me a while back asking me what I had done to the engine. He told me that his mechanic told him that the engine runs and purs like a brand new Lexus LS460. He told me it now has 416k miles on the odometer. Go figure

 

[dochawk]

The filter would not budge using a can wrench. It wanted to slip off.

making me wonder, is the hybrid filter mounted in a location that lets you use the old "ram your biggest screwdriver through it" trick? When the screwdriver is a foot or more, that allows serious torque!

I actually had to use that again on something a few months ago.

 

[Escapologist]

making me wonder, is the hybrid filter mounted in a location that lets you use the old "ram your biggest screwdriver through it" trick? When the screwdriver is a foot or more, that allows serious torque!

I actually had to use that again on something a few months ago.

I had one extremely stuck, on a family car that was recent to them. Dented it with my gorilla mitts, then crushed it some more with a chain wrench and started carving it. Then stuck the massive sears prybar/screwdriver through it, and ripped the outer case off, then put vicegrips on the inner perforated bit and tore that off... finally just basically had the base left on there and got purchase on it with a chisel and hammered it loose finally.... seemed to be "glued" with a resinous compound that was hell to clean off the motor... I surmise that it was seeping a little and someone saw drips on the ground and put some kind of block sealer treatment in on top of the oil and it sealed the drippy filter install on real good.

ETA: oh yeah that was the one the drain plug needed a lot of breakout torque too and came loose with a "CRACK" that made me think it snapped off, but no, just spun out smooth after.

 

[dochawk]

I had one extremely stuck, on a family car that was recent to them.

now I remember the recent one.

it was what had been my father's F-150.

I had one of those filter-grabbers with a socket for a ratchet.

No dice.

I ended up using a jack handle for an improvised breaker bar, and it still wasn't easy!

notes:
1) it's an awesome trick to have in the bag, especially when there's no breaker bar handy
2) a lot less messy than the screwdriver trick!

 

[SUNDOG52]

I love pushing it as long as lab tests support. For hybrids, that's usually more than 15,000 mile intervals. And I'm not really sold on the one year thing being a thing in mild climates.

I agree. My wife has a 2015 Escape ECO boost with 80K on the clock. The OLM has issued alarms consistently at 7500 mi, so I trust the system is working. Going forward, I plan to do the same thing for the Maverick. At about 10% life left, perform oil change w/filter myself.

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