Is a 10,000 mile oil change interval ideal for the 2.3L?

[Dereku]

its burning oil to save on gas

All the same thing really!

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[Radioman]

I’m going to wait until we get to 10 pages before l chime in.

Shouldn't take long...

 

[SigOris]

For those of your referencing "fully synthetic", what group are you talking about?

https://www.google.com/search?q=syn...lend&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

 

[dtech]

Oil life monitoring monitors nothing other than time and mileage. It doesn't take driving conditions into account.


Pick a mileage and go with that. And don't switch to synthetic too soon. That's all you need to do.

Early olm did only that, nowadays they use other data points in the calculation, decent article from (cough cough) amsoil

Driving conditions affect oil life percentage
Oil life monitors track climate, driving habits and other conditions. The algorithm calculates mileage, idle time, engine temperatures, trip times, engine loads, and ignition starts and stops. It then establishes an oil change interval as low as 3,000 miles (4,800 km) and all the way up to 10,000 miles (16,000 km) and more depending on severity of conditions.

https://blog.amsoil.com/oil-life-mo...s track climate,and ignition starts and stops.

 

[NotBudule]

Somebody needs to take one for the team here and just see how damn far you can go without changing the oil , just like the "how far is really out of gas ?" thread , until then , yall just guessin' ...

 

[D Fresh]

Early olm did only that, nowadays they use other data points in the calculation, decent article from (cough cough) amsoil

Driving conditions affect oil life percentage
Oil life monitors track climate, driving habits and other conditions. The algorithm calculates mileage, idle time, engine temperatures, trip times, engine loads, and ignition starts and stops. It then establishes an oil change interval as low as 3,000 miles (4,800 km) and all the way up to 10,000 miles (16,000 km) and more depending on severity of conditions.

https://blog.amsoil.com/oil-life-monitors-everything-you-need-to-know/#:~:text=Oil life monitors track climate,and ignition starts and stops.

That's what they say. My Ranger's oil life monitor runs simply by mileage and time.

It simply counts off the mileage. I've experimented by monitoring it on both road trips and daily driving.

Over 35k miles of vareied conditions it always reads the same, it's looking for 10k mile changes, or one year, period.


Also, linking to something from Amsoil in an oil discussion is like linking to something from Theranos in a medical discussion.

 

[dtech]

That's what they say. My Ranger's oil life monitor runs simply by mileage and time.

It simply counts off the mileage. I've experimented by monitoring it on both road trips and daily driving.

Over 35k miles of vareied conditions it always reads the same, it's looking for 10k mile changes, or one year, period.


Also, linking to something from Amsoil in an oil discussion is like linking to something from Theranos in a medical discussion.

Mine has shown varying oci recommendations based on driving conditions, recall Edmunds putting these to the test on vehicles they owned and following the change guidance and having the oil tested and results showed oil was still good. So I place trust in my olm but realize it's largely intended as guidance/reminder. Like the OPs experience what I've read is that folks that change their oil and have it tested are also trusting, this assumes using a decent grade of oil meeting mfg requirements.

 

[TORQUERULES]

Still getting used to my new Ranger and the dealer told me the oil change interval is "up to 10,000 miles" for the 2.3L EcoBoost engine on Ford Synthetic Blend oil. My previous GMC 6.2L called for a 7,500 mile oil change interval and according to the Blackstone lab reports I've done on it, with the OLM at 20-25%, it shows there's plenty of TBN left in the oil (the first short change was due to driving a company vehicle, so I zeroed out the meter due to lack of use, not engine hours or mileage).

Since the 2.3L seems to rev higher and work "harder" than the 6.2L would a shorter (such as 7,500 mile) oil change interval on Motorcraft Synthetic Blend be ideal? Or should I just stick to the oil life monitor?

Thanks!

NO. Change your oil!

 

[Sanctus Rimor]

It will take me nearly 3 years to hit 10k miles, and since I typically trade my vehicles in every three years, I won't have to ever do an oil change on this one.

 

[yamahaSHO]

https://www.google.com/search?q=syn...lend&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

That's not what I asked.

 

[Trigganometry]

This is my last report that just came in. Now this is for summer months in the NE so I don’t have much fuel in the oil this change. Look at their comments to me. They talk of oil sheer. This is typical in turbo charged engines. I use Mobile 1. The type on that is the 20K guaranteed blend. So at 7K my FordPass was saying I had 30% of life left on it. For now on I’m sticking with 7K cycles on my oil changes. Winter months brings more fuel in oil up here. Or that has been my observation in the last 2 years

 

[dtech]

It will take me nearly 3 years to hit 10k miles, and since I typically trade my vehicles in every three years, I won't have to ever do an oil change on this one.

Should be a thread closer and oh so good for the environment to say nothing about your car's engine. Occam's Razor type solution.

 

[D Fresh]

Mine has shown varying oci recommendations based on driving conditions, recall Edmunds putting these to the test on vehicles they owned and following the change guidance and having the oil tested and results showed oil was still good. So I place trust in my olm but realize it's largely intended as guidance/reminder. Like the OPs experience what I've read is that folks that change their oil and have it tested are also trusting, this assumes using a decent grade of oil meeting mfg requirements.

I'm glad it works for you. But on my 2000 mile road trip it clocked the same as my daily driving.

I think most of time folks think way too hard about this. I can appreciate those who do an oil analysis to get the last drop of efficiency out of their oil changes, but for me it's just too much. Use a quality oil, change it when you're confortable, call it good. I do 5k brcause it's easy, could I stretch it, probably, but I do what I do.

It will take me nearly 3 years to hit 10k miles, and since I typically trade my vehicles in every three years, I won't have to ever do an oil change on this one.

Check your manual. Pretty sure it AND the OLM say 10k miles or 1 year.

 

[dtech]

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Check your manual. Pretty sure it AND the OLM say 10k miles or 1 year.

Some OLMs track calendar and give a 12 month warning, I thought Ford's does I'm thinking his post was intended as humor. Someone mentioned not changing the oil and discovering the results, mechanics post such clip on youtube and seen a few where the oil in the crank essentially turns into a thick gel - some had many ten of thousands of miles.

 

[dtech]

This is my last report that just came in. Now this is for summer months in the NE so I don’t have much fuel in the oil this change. Look at their comments to me. They talk of oil sheer. This is typical in turbo charged engines. I use Mobile 1. The type on that is the 20K guaranteed blend. So at 7K my FordPass was saying I had 30% of life left on it. For now on I’m sticking with 7K cycles on my oil changes. Winter months brings more fuel in oil up here. Or that has been my observation in the last 2 years

did you ever have non 20k oil tested ? Just curious how those results would compare with Mobil xlife. If you were close to me I'd be tempted to free of charge pickup your changed oil . I had an old Plymouth Fury beater car once and an older brother that did 3k changes and his oil went into the Fury to keep it topped off. Of all the autos I've owned that was the sole oil burner.

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