Break In Period
11-04-2010, 05:33 PM
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11-04-2010, 05:43 PM
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Honestly, I have no idea. I just did my first oil change at 7100 miles. I will trade it in around 65k so I figure she should hold up until then.
11-04-2010, 05:48 PM
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What does you manual say for severe usage. I have a 08 superduty and it has severe usage intervals and regular use intervals. Thing is Ford considers about everything people do as sever usage. Drive a lot in stop and go, put any weight in your box, or pull anything Ford calls it server usage.
11-04-2010, 05:48 PM
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11-04-2010, 06:37 PM
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I just passed 5000 miles and the motor is stronger than ever. I babied it the first 500 miles and didn't pull a trailer till 1,000. Now it's hammer down and treat it like a truck.
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11-04-2010, 06:57 PM
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I personally think it is a good idea to change that initial oil change around 3000 to 4000 miles. A tight engine is going to have some metal cast offs...just a fact. While I realize the manual says oil changes every 7500...I feel more comfortable at every 5000...but that is just me.
11-04-2010, 08:47 PM
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drive it like you stole it for the first 3k, then change the oil 
or at least I drove mine like I stole it for the first 3k, and the "Change Engine Oil Soon" notification came on at about 4k, therefore I changed it at 4k and am getting great gas mileage, much better than before, so I'd say it's well broken in
or at least I drove mine like I stole it for the first 3k, and the "Change Engine Oil Soon" notification came on at about 4k, therefore I changed it at 4k
and am getting great gas mileage, much better than before, so I'd say it's well broken in
11-04-2010, 09:10 PM
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drive it like you stole it for the first 3k, then change the oil
or at least I drove mine like I stole it for the first 3k, and the "Change Engine Oil Soon" notification came on at about 4k, therefore I changed it at 4k and am getting great gas mileage, much better than before, so I'd say it's well broken in
or at least I drove mine like I stole it for the first 3k, and the "Change Engine Oil Soon" notification came on at about 4k, therefore I changed it at 4k
and am getting great gas mileage, much better than before, so I'd say it's well broken inI agree...its amazing how putting some miles on the truck improves the gas mileage!