Actually the oil from the factory (in the hybrid) is 0w-20, nothing special and not break-in oil. It would make sense that you use it your engine builds, but Ford’s not using it in regular passenger vehicles. If anything the procedure would be to run at light to moderate load for a few hundred miles and change, but there’s no mention of that in the book and the dealer said stick to the manual, even for the first one.
Wider and less tendency for ramp to get kicked out or under by wheel. Plus, do you really want thousands of pounds of steel above you being suspended by a piece of hollow plastic?
Back in the day, a man in my little hometown, drove only pontiacs. He never changed the oil and I know he drove two to about 70k miles, each. Do not know if he changed filters, but presume he did. He would add oil as needed. In those days, vehicles were considered "wore out" if the reached 100K. This pre-dated synthetic oil. Not recommending, just saying...... I believe I will follow recommendations at minimum for my Maverick. Who knows there may be another new type of oil before I get it!!!
I totally agree. I had all of the maintenance of my 19 Escape and my 14 Focus done by the dealership, even after the warranty expired. It makes it so much easier to sell a vehicle that has all the regular maintenance performed at one place and even better if it is at a dealership. The paperwork does matter on resale. That said, I had both the Escape and Focus changed to synthetic oil after the initial breakin, about 10k and I even brought my own oil. I got a surcharge for the oil change but since they didn't sell Royal Purple I had to bring my own. I like keeping up with my own vehicle and do modifications myself, but the service is always done at the dealership as well as the warranty maintenance services.
I've had the cheaper plastic HF ramps for over 5 years and used them dozens of times. They look new and can hold over 13K lbs. Definitely no need to be that paranoid. Still should be safe and chalk the wheels but I love mine. Home built are also great if you have the wood but when I need some I didn't have enough spare scrap lying around.
Basically true. CarFax service history allows for us to put in at-home service events.
Tell me. If you had two identical cars with similar mileage and one was regularly serviced by the dealership and the other was reportedly serviced by the owner, which would you trust more?
I doubt I, and I believe this is not just me or I would be doing all my own maintenance, that I would be as easily trusting of a private owner's knowledge of maintenance of a vehicle. Oil changes are "easy" but also easily botched. Look at the record of Minute Lube and other express oil businesses. I know I had the need once to use Minute Lube when I was out of town and my van was in dire need of an oil change as I had come from a colder climate and was spending over a month in southern Arizona. They successfully stripped the drain plug in the crankcase and I nearly lost the engine because the technician hadn't reported the problem, either because he was a coward or because he had no idea of what had happened. And that was someone that was doing many changes a day. An owner, though well-intentioned, may or may not be sufficiently experienced to perform maintenance. For example, checking the sealing surface of the filter to see if any of the previous filter's seal remained after removal. Cleaning the threads and sealing the surface of the filter and adding clean oil to the filter seal prior to installation. Filling the filter so that the oil pump doesn't go dry for the seconds when the filter is filling. All of that contributes to the performance of the engine and there are many other small things that go into regular service that most owners don't think about and few understand. I have raced motorcycles and off-road vehicles so I understand it and I know enough to not skip these things, but I have my vehicle done by the dealership for one reason, to keep the resale value as high as possible. Does that mean I think I am better than those that do their own service? Nope, I am just greedy about the investment in a new vehicle.
Question where ìs the drain plug located?Put right over 3k on my Maverick since picking her up in mid January, and, with the smaller factory filter thought I'd go ahead and change it a little early. Procedure is straight forward, even with the bajillion T27 fasteners you need to remove to take the splash shield down. Threw on a Motorcraft FL910S and filled her up with 5.5 qts of Valvoline 0W-20. All in all pretty productive morning and even got to put my new DeWalt 3/8 socket set from Costco to work. Definitely didn't need it, but a great buy at $20 and takes up less space then my Husky that I kept behind the backseat.
I follow the OLM, and it's averaged 16.5K miles between changes (after an intitial change at 5K miles). The OLM will discount EV miles, leading to an extended mileage interval. I've attached my oil analysis data here, and in the other hybrid oil change thread.... (Note that an asterisk (*) indicates oil additive.)
Modern oils are doing a lot of things old oils couldn't dream of. That's why one does used oil analysis, so one can put advice like this in context with modern oil technology, and not worry about using the OLM.
