Rapidyellowxr6tute Donating Members 123 Member For: 12y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: Yarra Valley, Victoria Posted 24/01/13 09:18 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 09:18 AM (edited) I agree with you spinning. I have always dropped the oil on my new cars at 1000klms and every 5000klms after that. The way I see it, oil is cheap, engines are not! I also like the peace of mind knowing I always keep the oil fresh. To some this may seem overkill but that's what I've always done and I've never had any of my vehicles let me down. Edited 24/01/13 09:25 AM by Rapidyellowxr6tute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapidyellowxr6tute Donating Members 123 Member For: 12y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: Yarra Valley, Victoria Posted 24/01/13 09:24 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 09:24 AM And yeh, I would like to know what the 'special' run in oil is supposed to be or in the case of the s/c 5.0 is it ok just to go with the recommended 5w-20 Castrol edge from 1000ks on? I'm almost at 1000ks so if anyone can shed a bit more light on the subject, it would be appreciated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 24/01/13 09:30 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 09:30 AM not all cars have different oil for the break in period, but some do, it's normally mentioned in oil refernce guides or possibly in the owners manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 3m 30d Gender: Male Posted 24/01/13 09:42 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 09:42 AM Sz territory 2.7 diesels have run in oil with red dye in it to detect oil leaks early on in the engines life, 5.4 and 5.0 have a special mineral oil only available to the factory (they wont release specs) 4.0 turbo have 15w40 mineral oil filled from factory, xr6 turbos dont have special run in oil as such, just mineral oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapidyellowxr6tute Donating Members 123 Member For: 12y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: Yarra Valley, Victoria Posted 24/01/13 09:44 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 09:44 AM OK, just checked through the owners manual and there is no mention of any special run in oil, only the recommended 5W-20 Castrol Edge so I would assume all is ok to just do a oil and filter change using said oil at 1000ks then every 5000ks after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 24/01/13 09:47 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 09:47 AM (edited) And yeh, I would like to know what the 'special' run in oil is supposed to be or in the case of the s/c 5.0 is it ok just to go with the recommended 5w-20 Castrol edge from 1000ks on? I'm almost at 1000ks so if anyone can shed a bit more light on the subject, it would be appreciated I can guarantee you that the oil that comes in the Miami from the factory is 5w-20. I changed mine at 3000k's and can show you evidence of the contamination found and the reduction of this at the following oil change at 8000ks. I have no doubt in my mind there is benefit in changing the oil earlier.Benny Edited 24/01/13 09:48 AM by Benny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapidyellowxr6tute Donating Members 123 Member For: 12y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: Yarra Valley, Victoria Posted 24/01/13 09:55 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 09:55 AM Cheers Benny, much appreciated mate. I will drop the oil next week and do the filter.....I couldnt see any harm at all changing it at 1000ks with the 5W-20 Castrol edge but just wanted to see if anyone had a valid opinion on the subject. Thanks again mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 24/01/13 10:03 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 10:03 AM my 5.4 FG had engine issues earlier on, the dealer advise me to change the oil to the synthetic prematurely, when it went higher at ford they insisted that it went back to the run in mineral oil before they would consider anything, the car had about 5 changes in the first 10,000 klms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kochxr6 Member 56 Member For: 14y 1m 19d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 24/01/13 10:05 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 10:05 AM this is interesting. I was planning to do inbetween services myself on my GT every 5000 as I do on my xr6t. will it void warranty if the oil and filter is changed by myslef at home? could they even tell it has been changed?? as long as I stick with the specs I wouldnt think they would even notice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapidyellowxr6tute Donating Members 123 Member For: 12y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: Yarra Valley, Victoria Posted 24/01/13 10:06 AM Share Posted 24/01/13 10:06 AM So in your opinion Mick, what do you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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