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Old 01-13-2012, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by desert crzr
That I am very surprised to hear I deal a great amount with fleets from city of Albuquerque to gas company and electric company and all run the recommended oil and stay very current with the 5k interval now I have voided warranties due to the miss abuse of the engine. Being lack of service Incorrect grade of oil and general maintenance. I just recently had a guy come in that was running ams oil in a 2008 f150 5.4l after hitting 10k miles on his oil got a ticking noise and one was phasers and lower end. I tore him a new one for destroying a good engine especially when he stated that ford can't build a engine to save there *** and he should buy a Chevy. Need less to say I did do phasers and repaired his truck properly. All that I am saying is if something is wrong with a vehicle fix it properly and all will go good.

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I respect your employment with Ford and your obligation (as all dealers are) to spew the line of "use what we recommend or your truck will self destruct", but there are literally thousands of F150s on forums alone running oil weight other than 5w-20 with no problems. In fact, most of the phaser issues come from owners who have run 5w-20 religiously.
Old 01-21-2012, 10:22 PM
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Stupid question I know but I've always been a back yard mech. I love the 70's model fords that's all I know to work on. But what exactly is a vct sec. And is it something I could replace myself, or would this shade tree mechanic be better off taking it to a dealer or service mechanic?



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