All my other Fords are on the bottom...never was an issue.
Oil plug quick release
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Hmmm. I’m trying to think if I have ever seen in directly on the bottom. Everyone I can think of has been on the side, some angled down but zero on the bottom
st381183
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Engineers could not care less about maintenance, only about how the pieces fit together. Why else would oil filters be so damn hard to reach.
The 04 & 06 had them on the rear of the pan angled down. The 3 pickups have them on the bottom.
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darmahsd
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I also would think so it doesn't snag anything protruding
up from the road, especally if your 4 wheeling, which I know isn't done hardcore with most of these vehicles.
But that would be my issue with a Fumoto. Too much stuff with the valve mechanism extending down that
POSSIBLY can go wrong. I've been using those Stahlbus types on all my vehicles, which I think is similar to those old Fram ones.
The Chinese knockoffs are OK. The advantage, especially
on a car like my wife's Kia Optima, with it's undercarriage faring, is that you can divert the oil drain with the hose so you can avoid a mess. Just leave enough drain time, because, yes, it is slower.
Stephen
up from the road, especally if your 4 wheeling, which I know isn't done hardcore with most of these vehicles.
But that would be my issue with a Fumoto. Too much stuff with the valve mechanism extending down that
POSSIBLY can go wrong. I've been using those Stahlbus types on all my vehicles, which I think is similar to those old Fram ones.
The Chinese knockoffs are OK. The advantage, especially
on a car like my wife's Kia Optima, with it's undercarriage faring, is that you can divert the oil drain with the hose so you can avoid a mess. Just leave enough drain time, because, yes, it is slower.
Stephen
scottdm
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The configurator on their site shows 2018 and 2019 Expeditions as well. I have the F107n that allows you to connect a piece of hose to drain it. It matches the threads on the aluminum oil pan with no issues.
https://www.fumotooildrainvalve.com/f107n.html
My 05 F350 6.0L had the drain on the bottom of the oil pan. I put a Fumoto on. 100k miles of snow plowing in New England and plenty of off road adventures and never an issue. I think if you're bottoming out your oil pan you've got bigger issues to worry about. I wouldn't use the two piece set up. Just more chances for a leak around the O-rings. I'll use the F107N and if the skid plates are in the way, a small piece of hose attached to it will make all right with the world.
Deadman
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Is the oil pan actually Aluminum? I'm 99% sure my oil pan is plastic POS.
I just read that the F150's got plastic oil pans and then in march of 2018 they went back to getting an aluminum oil pan because the plastic pans leaked non stop. GREAT!
I wonder if some of you have an Aluminum pan and some have the plastic?
I just read that the F150's got plastic oil pans and then in march of 2018 they went back to getting an aluminum oil pan because the plastic pans leaked non stop. GREAT!
I wonder if some of you have an Aluminum pan and some have the plastic?
The '16 is aluminum.
scottdm
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Some of the early production Gen 4 Expeditions did have the plastic oil pan with the yellow plastic drain plug. I forget when they switched over to the aluminum oils pans, but mine has the aluminum oil pan and had a build date in April, 2018.
Grey ghost
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Ford had 2 drain plugs on some oil pans in years gone by,more genius stuff.
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