Yes and no…Not any brand has the same quality. Yes any other good brand works. and NO , 10k miles or more than 6 months you’ll reduce the lifetime of your engine….
Is what I learn on my previous work at ford assembly in Valencia - Venezuela. each car has a specific manual. But we have free...
In that way you will contaminated your engine / lifetime …. Ford engines are tested with a specific and unique motorcraft oil type …. This is why some engines last 100k miles and others 400k miles …
When you heard that the noise is coming from the driver side defroster or dash check this 3 solutions:
1) take off the plastic defroster at driver side only , lifted and put some thin Line of foam or felt cloth tape. ( careful , those blue clips are tight as hell)
2) remove the driver air...
Hi man. Below this area there are 4 tiny white plastic clips. Some of them are loose between the top cover and the gap.
taking off the upper dash cover is extremely hard.Here’s a fast solution :
take off the driver’s vent ( the one that is located near to door., cluster left side ) very easy...
Oh yeah I fix that ... looks like is the plastic dash trim but is not. remove all the stuff you’ve put under the dash.
The rattle/ buzzing you have is exactly the plastic duct , under the dash like behind the steering wheel. Introduce your hand from the bottom between the brake and fuel pad...
it seems is on the top but is the ac duct , that rattle in cold most , you can put a felt tape or foam under it , you can access to the duct under the driver side dash , it is loose ... i fix mine that . and if it is the defroster vent you can take it off and put felt tape on all the parts...