The oil is better but more oil capacity keeps the oil cleaner and cooler. Examples of some of my current and recent cars:
Very well stated Jack!
In my previous 2015 and 2018 F-150s both with 3.5 l Ecoboost I would go more by the oil life monitor. My philosophy was that’s what they put it in the vehicle for. Well my 2018 developed the dreaded cam phaser rattle on start up at about 20,000 miles. It was a lease so I didn’t worry about it too much because once it ran for 15 seconds or so it went away. I’m going to try changing my oil at 5000 mile intervals on my Powerboost maybe even 4500 to see if that helps out the cam phaser problem. From what I understand about the cam phaser is there is a small ball check that keeps oil from draining out of it when sitting and that it fails so then it rattles until the oil pressure builds back up. I have lots of Ford pass points so I don’t really have to pay for oil changes for a while so might as well change it a little more often.
I have a ‘19 3.5 EB and change oil every 5K miles. I still encountered the cam phaser issue but am hoping Ford has made improvements in design so my soon to be Powerboost doesn’t have that issue. Based on other unresolved issues Ford chose to ignore with the Gen14, my hope is not justified, I know, but it’s nice to dream sometimes.
My Powerboost has never had the cam clatter, neither did my 2018 Eco.
Did Ford replace your cam phasers to fix your 2019? I wish they would add an electric prelube pump to the engine. I think that would help the cam phaser issue and it would prevent a lot of wear in the engine over its life.
If your curious to see what stats would look like if you didn’t pull any trailers with similar mileage. These are mine I have yet to trailer anything with mine took 1 road trip from NoLa to Tenn. other than that most city miles works 15 mins away.There are people out there right now driving around who haven't changed their oil in over 50k miles! I have a step daughter whose clueless no matter what you tell her. Then she wonders why she had to have seals replaced at 104k and blames it on "big auto" screwing her over. You know the type. Bottom line, if you're planning on keeping you vehicle over 250,000 miles this might be something to worry about. Me, I rarely keep a vehicle longer than a couple of years, four at the most. I've had no problems following the oil meter in any of my vehicles. I currently have just over 5,000 miles in the four weeks I've owned the truck. I never reset my Trip 2 meter in any of my cars. The dealer must have reset mine when they got it in with a few miles on it. You can see the comparison in the two pics:
I'm pretty impressed that I've run almost 400 electric miles. Especially since 3600 miles at least was at highway speeds ranging between 70-80 mph. We drove the Skyline Drive in VA a couple weeks ago, of the 105 miles about 45 was done in electric mode! Of course, it has a speed limit of only 35mph. I can definitely tell a difference in how much battery strength from when I first got the truck, it is as though it is learning how to better utilize the battery (or maybe my foot on the gas is getting a little lighter).
All this to show that of those 5k miles, it involved 83 engine hours. Of the 5k miles, 550 miles was towing a travel trailer that weighed 5500lbs. At this rate if I continue similar use it looks like I'll be changing oil around the 9,000 mile mark. Not bad, I can certainly live with that. But hey, if it bugs you by all means change it at 3000 or 5000 or 7500 or whatever floats your boat!
