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So I hit 900 miles yesterday and had the materials for an oil change, had a few extra hours so I decided to go for it.
I'm sure someone will flame me for changing it that soon, I'm superstitious about leaving the first fill in there too long, and I won't go over 3500ish miles/change, regardless if the recommended is 10,000 miles. No thank you, not on my turbo car.
Anyway, last week I surveyed the job, didn't like what I see under the car as far as jacking points so I decided to grab a pair of Rhino Ramps, made the job much easier.
Pulled the car on the ramps, pop the fill cap, dipstick and loosen the filter cover and replace the filter.
Crawl under the car and looking for the drain plug, I see what looks like a drain plug, but doesn't seem right, not like the one pictured in the oil change thread.
Grab my phone for the flashlight, and take a pic, see attachment.
Guess they are beating the consumers to the punch and installing broken drain plugs from the factory now.
BTW, there's no way the oil that came out is 5-30, way too thin.
I have to believe Ford is putting some weird oil in for MPG ratings or something.
I'm sure someone will flame me for changing it that soon, I'm superstitious about leaving the first fill in there too long, and I won't go over 3500ish miles/change, regardless if the recommended is 10,000 miles. No thank you, not on my turbo car.
Anyway, last week I surveyed the job, didn't like what I see under the car as far as jacking points so I decided to grab a pair of Rhino Ramps, made the job much easier.
Pulled the car on the ramps, pop the fill cap, dipstick and loosen the filter cover and replace the filter.
Crawl under the car and looking for the drain plug, I see what looks like a drain plug, but doesn't seem right, not like the one pictured in the oil change thread.
Grab my phone for the flashlight, and take a pic, see attachment.
Guess they are beating the consumers to the punch and installing broken drain plugs from the factory now.
BTW, there's no way the oil that came out is 5-30, way too thin.
I have to believe Ford is putting some weird oil in for MPG ratings or something.
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