DIY Oil Change

[Rossue]

After using up my Ford Pass Rewards and paying when out of town, I just did the fifth oil change at 22K. Ford dealers offer a competitive rate for The Works with tire rotation, however although Ford advertises it at $49.99- there of course is an asterisk. Ford in Montrose, CO honored it, yet many are much higher. My tire store (called Tire Store) is awesome; they not only do free rotation for anyone, they fix your flat too. Old time Pros that do it all vs. the likes of Discount/America's Tire where although they will rotate anyone for free, they will also tell you that nail in the tire two inches from the sidewall can't be fixed

I digress; did my own oil change and looking at the few videos I was set to have a harder time than usual. Wasn't that bad fortunately. Have to get up on some decent ramps to work and need to remove the four bolt/screws holding up the fuzzy cardboard. Skip the first one towards the front. 13MM for first two, then 5/16 for rear two. Used a Milwaukee cordless to make it easier. Was expecting a huge initial flow from what I saw on YouTube, yet didn't happen. No big deal. Probably easier on the Yukon, yet not that much different. With Costco Full Synthetic now running $21/10 quarts I will DIY and save not only $$, but some hassle at Dealer and get full synthetic vs. synthetic blend.

 

[5280tunage]

I highly recommend the Fumoto valve for these. My last oil change was much better, not to mention that if you put some real skids on these, it flows right through the proper holes.

P.s. love Montrose.

 

[keny01998]

I highly recommend the Fumoto valve for these. My last oil change was much better, not to mention that if you put some real skids on these, it flows right through the proper holes.

P.s. love Montrose.

I vouch for the Fumoto valve as well with some pvc tube. My last 4 oil changes are painless. I use Penzoil Synthetic with Mobil1 212A filter.

 

[5280tunage]

Mobil1 212A - Sometimes if they are available locally I run the Royal Purple filters too. Been using them on every vehicle for about 15-20 yrs. Never an issue.

 

[sjwhiteley]

I concur with the above posters on the Fumito valve. With a tube, I can put it straight into the 2.5 gallon container. Obviously, you need to do one change without it to get it on there I also use the Mobil1 212A filter.

 

[Thomas Hardesty]

After using up my Ford Pass Rewards and paying when out of town, I just did the fifth oil change at 22K. Ford dealers offer a competitive rate for The Works with tire rotation, however although Ford advertises it at $49.99- there of course is an asterisk. Ford in Montrose, CO honored it, yet many are much higher. My tire store (called Tire Store) is awesome; they not only do free rotation for anyone, they fix your flat too. Old time Pros that do it all vs. the likes of Discount/America's Tire where although they will rotate anyone for free, they will also tell you that nail in the tire two inches from the sidewall can't be fixed

I digress; did my own oil change and looking at the few videos I was set to have a harder time than usual. Wasn't that bad fortunately. Have to get up on some decent ramps to work and need to remove the four bolt/screws holding up the fuzzy cardboard. Skip the first one towards the front. 13MM for first two, then 5/16 for rear two. Used a Milwaukee cordless to make it easier. Was expecting a huge initial flow from what I saw on YouTube, yet didn't happen. No big deal. Probably easier on the Yukon, yet not that much different. With Costco Full Synthetic now running $21/10 quarts I will DIY and save not only $$, but some hassle at Dealer an get full synthetic vs. synthetic blend.

 

[Thomas Hardesty]

I change my oil & filter every 4000 miles myself. I use Mobil One OW40, and a quart of Lucas Synthetic engine oil additive. The number one thing to do for the Ecoboost is KEEP THE OIL CLEAN!!! If not, the timing chain wears causing very expensive problems! Oil is like the blood in our bodies! If it’s good and clean, free of contaminants, the possibility of a long and healthy life are much improved!

 

[pw1981]

Pardon my ignorance here, but at 22k miles, you have had 5 oil changes? The Intelligent Oil Life Monitor (OILM) doesn't alert for an oil change in my truck until the 9,500 to 10,000 mile interval. The dealer told me it was not necessary to do oil changes until the IOLM said so, and this is echoed by the vehicle manual. This has been the case in my last 5 Ford vehicles. Why would you do an oil change any more frequently?

 

[MxRacer965]

Pardon my ignorance here, but at 22k miles, you have had 5 oil changes? The Intelligent Oil Life Monitor (OILM) doesn't alert for an oil change in my truck until the 9,500 to 10,000 mile interval. The dealer told me it was not necessary to do oil changes until the IOLM said so, and this is echoed by the vehicle manual. This has been the case in my last 5 Ford vehicles. Why would you do an oil change any more frequently?

“Peace of mind” is the general one people state I think. Clean oil means less wear and tear is the thinking.

I’ve been using Blackstone to do oil analysis as mine gets broken in. I changed the factory fill at 5K and was glad I did. Viscosity was a tad low, and had plenty of initial wear in materials in it. 10K change still had excessive materials, but starting to settle in. I’m going to do another change at 15K and see what the analysis says. If it looks good I’ll try for 7500 unless the oil analysis says to stick with 5K. Once I’ve got a couple 7,500 under my belt I’ll determine if I want to go 10K, 7.5K, or go back to 5K. I plan to keep this for 10 years while my kids are growing up so I want it to last. I do my own oil changes with Mobil 1 that I get at Costco for $28/6 quarts so what do I care if I save $35 (oil and filter) every 10K miles?

 

[Rossue]

Pardon my ignorance here, but at 22k miles, you have had 5 oil changes? The Intelligent Oil Life Monitor (OILM) doesn't alert for an oil change in my truck until the 9,500 to 10,000 mile interval. The dealer told me it was not necessary to do oil changes until the IOLM said so, and this is echoed by the vehicle manual. This has been the case in my last 5 Ford vehicles. Why would you do an oil change any more frequently?

Good question: it is because I tow 75% of the time a 4300#(wet) travel trailer. Its pushing a lot more air than a load to the dump and frequent oil changes are cheap insurance. And it was 4 oil changes up to 22K; had one interval that went slightly over my 5K max target. This one was about 4.5K since last one.

 

[duneslider]

I also get the oil change indicator showing up around the 4-5k mark. I do tow and when not towing it is mostly short trips. All of which is harder on everything. I need to get a fumoto valve, would make things easier for sure. Walmart carries the ford oil and filter so I run that. Doesn't make sense to me to use expensive oil and filters if I am changing it 3 times a year.

Anyone have the Fumoto part # handy? Of course I can google it but sometimes its nice to know others are using the same part number and google didn't lead you astray.

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

I change my oil & filter every 4000 miles myself. I use Mobil One OW40, and a quart of Lucas Synthetic engine oil additive. The number one thing to do for the Ecoboost is KEEP THE OIL CLEAN!!! If not, the timing chain wears causing very expensive problems! Oil is like the blood in our bodies! If it’s good and clean, free of contaminants, the possibility of a long and healthy life are much improved!

Why do you use 0-W-40 viscosity oil, when Ford recommends 5-W-30 viscosity? Also, why do you add a quart of oil additive, when Ford does not recommend it?

 

[Deadman]

I also get the oil change indicator showing up around the 4-5k mark. I do tow and when not towing it is mostly short trips. All of which is harder on everything. I need to get a fumoto valve, would make things easier for sure. Walmart carries the ford oil and filter so I run that. Doesn't make sense to me to use expensive oil and filters if I am changing it 3 times a year.

Anyone have the Fumoto part # handy? Of course I can google it but sometimes its nice to know others are using the same part number and google didn't lead you astray.

They've done tons of research on crappy oil filters vs good quality filters. I really could never bring myself to get a crappy oil filter. I forget tho, maybe Walmart has the rotorcraft filters, I rarely shop there.

 

[Trainmaster]

Instead of the Fumoto and other Imported valves that stick out of the bottom of your oil pan, you may want to consider these. Real better quality US and Canada-made professional stuff:

https://www.nospillsystems.com/index.cfm

https://www.nospillsystems.com/design-spec.cfm

 

[5280tunage]

I'm happy with the Fumoto valve. To be honest, when I was searching for them, not only did that brand not come up, but I don't think I saw it recommended in any major forum. I'd love to support a US group, but that was also part of my methodology for buying a Ford that is starting to bite me in the rear.

 

[duneslider]

They've done tons of research on crappy oil filters vs good quality filters. I really could never bring myself to get a crappy oil filter. I forget tho, maybe Walmart has the rotorcraft filters, I rarely shop there.

Walmart where I am carries the motorcraft synthetic blend oil and motorcraft filter. Seems pretty decent to me and price isn't bad either.

 

[5280tunage]

Funny, I've been ordering my Mobil1 oil from Sam's, it's cheaper for 6qts than the 5qt bottle at Walmart usually. But my Mobil1 filters are usually in stock at Walmart and a good price. I used to buy the filters from PepBoys but my local shop (the closest auto parts store) stopped selling all retail. How dumb, they are only a service shop now.

 

[sjwhiteley]

https://www.amazon.com/Fumoto-F107N-LC-10-Lever-Engine/dp/B07DBB96PJ

This is the one I ordered for an older Suburban, but used it on my Expedition. Works great.

 

[MxRacer965]

Instead of the Fumoto and other Imported valves that stick out of the bottom of your oil pan, you may want to consider these. Real better quality US and Canada-made professional stuff:

https://www.nospillsystems.com/index.cfm

https://www.nospillsystems.com/design-spec.cfm

lost me at “Canadian”. I had no issues with Canada...then I worked for Canadians. And got totally screwed by them. Ugh.

 

[Janky]

Interesting thread. I have always change my own oil and used cheap oil and parts (O'reilly oil and Fram Filters). I figure since I'm changing it around every 5-6K miles, the quality should be fine. However, now that I've dropped $60k, I'm probably going to consider spending a little more on higher quality parts. hmm...