When to start with synthetic oil

[geophb]

I was going to change mine early at like 1000 or so but I don't feel like it anymore so ill probably wait for my regular 5k interval or whenever the fuel raises the oil level to the twist.... ?

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[the red ranger 2020]

The nice thing about these trucks and how far technology has come from the dark ages you can run full synthetic oil right away with no problem. Also to add Ford does not have a break in procedure on their vehicles any more. If anything they may say dont do any towing until 500 miles or such but other than that you are ok. I have changed the oil every 5,000 since new and it does just fine. Mind you I am close to 30,000 already and I'm just a month shy of having it for 1 year.

I just recently started hearing a whining noise when I accelerate from a completes stop.
I was worried since I have brought my stx to 4000 rpms and drove it 90mph and it is yet to reach 500 miles, is this noise normal? should i take it to ford?

 

[FoD]

Changed mine to synthetic last Wednesday at just under 2000 miles.

Did mine last Monday ( months later)at just over 3k, went full monty ,er, synthetic.

 

[THLONE]

Why dont you do what the engineers that designed the truck say to do? The oil in the engine is the least that you have to worry about. Unless of course you drive like a Nascar wanabe. Even then you are going to have more problems with tires, brakes, and fenders. ?

 

[FoD]

Guess if engineers were perfect, there wouldn't be any threads on this forum

 

[THLONE]

LOL you want perfect? Which one of the various ideas that people have in these posts is perfect? ?

 

[FoD]

Oh, without a doubt, it's the engine cover thread

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