Oil change 3,000 or 5,000 miles?

[MXGOLF]

I did my first oil change at 3000 and will do it every 5000 after that. I did put in Full Synthetic on this first change and will run that from now on.

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[JesseS]

JMO 1st oil change at 500 miles. After that 5k because I run Castrol Full Synth.

I am with you on the first change being early, get that engine build debris out of there, I did my 1st one at 1K, then I will do another at 5K along with tire rotation, then both at every five. (Mobil 1)

 

[Dgc333]

Owner's manual says 10,000 miles so that's my schedule.

That's not exactly what's in the manual.

It states when the oil life monitor tells you or 10,000 miles or 1 year which ever comes first.

I have had 5 new Fords since 2011 and all of them the oil life monitor has come on telling me to change the oil around 7500 miles.

I go by the oil life monitor.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

That's not exactly what's in the manual.

It states when the oil life monitor tells you or 10,000 miles or 1 year which ever comes first.

I have had 5 new Fords since 2011 and all of them the oil life monitor has come on telling me to change the oil around 7500 miles.

I go by the oil life monitor.

Yes, or 1 year.

The Oil Life Monitor is based on mileage from the manual. Your ranger when reset should tell you 10,000 miles oil life.

 

[Dgc333]

Yes, or 1 year.

The Oil Life Monitor is based on mileage from the manual. Your ranger when reset should tell you 10,000 miles oil life.

The Ford oil life monitor uses an algorithm that uses miles, start cycles, and length, etc. to determine when to change the oil.

The description in the manual states it's an intelligent monitor and the oil change indicator may come on up to 10k milestone year. With the way I drive it is around 7500 miles and it varies. I have seen it as low as less than 7000 miles and over 8000 miles.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

The Ford oil life monitor uses an algorithm that uses miles, start cycles, and length, etc. to determine when to change the oil.

The description in the manual states it's an intelligent monitor and the oil change indicator may come on up to 10k milestone year. With the way I drive it is around 7500 miles and it varies. I have seen it as low as less than 7000 miles and over 8000 miles.

What's your Ranger mileage and oil life monitor now?

 

[Dgc333]

What's your Ranger mileage and oil life monitor now?

Not sure what difference it makes everyone's mileage is going to be different based on their driving habits. As I stated before the oil life monitor uses an algorithm to calculate when the oil should be changed, it is not a simple count down of mileage.

Here is what FordPass is estimating for my Ranger.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

Not sure what difference it makes everyone's mileage is going to be different based on their driving habits. As I stated before the oil life monitor uses an algorithm to calculate when the oil should be changed, it is not a simple count down of mileage.

Here is what FordPass is estimating for my Ranger.

Mileage is how how far you have driven (the number on your odometer) not your mpg.

 

[BlackRanger01]

I am at 4k miles and waiting till June (June 2021 is truck's build date) to change it. It's a waste to do it at 3k and 5k miles. I would do 7500-10000 miles OR 1 year.

I changed my oil between 7500 to 10000 miles on my honda accord and it's still running perfect at 80k miles.

 

[JohnnyO]

Curious, assuming you do the rotation yourself, How do you go about it. I am trying to figure out the best way of supporting the truck to move a tire from one side of the truck to the other. Front to back is easy. Do I need to completely raise the entire truck with (4) jackstands to do it.

I use two small floor jacks and do it like this:
1. Jack up left side of truck, front and rear both.
2. Swap tires front and rear but only put three lugs on the left rear. Let down jacks.
3. Jack up right side of truck, front and rear both.
4. Put right rear on right front, lower jack. Don't put the right front on the right rear.
5. Take the jack from the right front and jack up the left rear again. This is why I only put three lugs on.
6. Remove the left rear and put it on the right rear. Put the right front that's still laying on the ground on the left rear. Let down jacks, all done.

It sounds more complicated than it is. I can knock it out in 30-40 minutes.
Also I'm a clean freak so while each tire is off I scrub the back sidewall with Westley's and hit it with Armor All and scrub the back side of the wheel with wheel cleaner.

 

[A Tale Of Two Rangers]

oil may be cheap to change, and give you a false sense of security over your engine life....but its never going to matter as electric cars are being legislated to take over.

We also have a plug in hybrid. Electric cars are definitely the future. The US needs to build up the infrastructure to support it. I think we've bought a tank of gas every four months. With a full tank and full charge the car will go over 600 miles.

 

[A Tale Of Two Rangers]

The oils available now last far longer than those of 1999. If the oil is conventional it's a little more understandable to use short intervals.

While my brothers log book is quite extensive he doesn't mention if he switched to synthetic. When I have the oil and filter changed I use full synthetic. Now that the truck is primarily a driveway ornament (for that matter all of our vehicles are garage queens) the oil change interval is very close to an annual operation. Last year I rode my bicycles farther than I drove my truck or car. Just traded a 2013 Focus ST with about 28,000 on the clock for the 2021 Ranger. The 99 Ranger was driven about 20,000 miles since Oct. 2013. In a pure dollars and sense calculation it would have been more cost effective to just rent a car rather than purchase, insure and maintain them. But ... you can't beat the convenience of a vehicle in the driveway when you want to go somewhere.

 

[CHS]

We also have a plug in hybrid. Electric cars are definitely the future. The US needs to build up the infrastructure to support it. I think we've bought a tank of gas every four months. With a full tank and full charge the car will go over 600 miles.

There is not enough lithium on the planet to support a billion cars and trucks. And what do we do with the spent batteries?
Then to build the infrastructure and increase the size and quantity of power plants, probably be double the price of gas by that time.

 

[A Tale Of Two Rangers]

There is not enough lithium on the planet to support a billion cars and trucks. And what do we do with the spent batteries?
Then to build the infrastructure and increase the size and quantity of power plants, probably be double the price of gas by that time.

It is a difficult job, but inaction is not a solution.
I am hopeful for new technology to solve/improve the current situation.
Check out the YouTube Engineering Explained channel. He has gone into great depth on the amount of pollution created in manufacturing/maintaining/driving gas and electric vehicles. I think you'll find he is very fair in his analysis. Even if you don't like his analysis I bet you'll learn something.
Can the grid handle electric car growth?
Are electric cars worse for the environment?
Why gas engines are far from dead.

 

[CHS]

It is a difficult job, but inaction is not a solution.
I am hopeful for new technology to solve/improve the current situation.
Check out the YouTube Engineering Explained channel. He has gone into great depth on the amount of pollution created in manufacturing/maintaining/driving gas and electric vehicles. I think you'll find he is very fair in his analysis. Even if you don't like his analysis I bet you'll learn something.
Can the grid handle electric car growth?
Are electric cars worse for the environment?
Why gas engines are far from dead.

Technically it may be there (someday) but to the extent it's being shoved down our throats by you know who by cutting off our pipelines to raise the price of gas so high we are forced into electric before it's time is shameful to say it so I don't get kicked off this forum.

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