2.7L Ecoboost Oil-Synthetic, Blend or Conventional?
 

Hi All,
I have a 2016 F150 with a 2.7L ecoboost and was wondering if using conventional oil and changing at 2500 to 3000 miles work just as well as using synthetic or blend and changing at 10000 miles?

Any ideas, advice, comments?

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Use synthetic and change out at 6000 mile intervals if you are afraid of the oil life monitor. You have a turbo which is oil cooled. That in itself puts demands on the oil. Also it was proven long ago that changing oil too often is detrimental to engine wear and life. What are you really saving? If you have any doubt you can draw a sample after a set interval and get an oil analysis done. That will tell exactly what is going on with your engine.

you can use conventional cheap oil but I wouldn't due to the direct injection nature of the engine.

It was designed around using a synthetic or synthetic blend style of oil which does indeed help with things like valve coking, turbo coking, and other temp related issues.

I ran basic motorcraft oil for my first year of life on my 2017 - today I run full synthetic Pennzoil ultra platinum. If I didn't use that it would be Castrol Syntec probably.

You can run a UOA to see how bad or good the oil is - and base your next changes from that test. Or you can use the OLM which was tested for the application. I run to about 30% OLM life before I change out my oil.

Conventional at 3000, or synthetic at 10K? That's a pretty stark difference.

I run Mobil 1. Pennzoil Ultra Platinum is another very competent choice. If you really want to know for sure how long you can go, you can have your used oil analyzed. I do 7500mi OCI.

Use full synthetic it's well worth the few extra bucks and change annually or every 8-10k miles and your truck will last a good long time.

What does your manual say?
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Going over 5K on a turbo engine is not a very good idea IMO, and since I do my own oil changes, it's cheap insurance. Besides, I run a lot of short trips, so that's harder on the oil. And with the reported oil issues with the variable timing system, rather use full synthetic and 5K-mile oil changes. If I was doing mostly highway travel, then I'd go 6K, but here in super hot TX, and with a lot of short trips, not worth skimping on oil changes. The only detriment is to one's wallet, since I recycle it, but since I'd have to pay more than the oil and filter for an oil analysis, might as well just change it :). But to each his own.

It says to strap on a set and do whatever you want. Engage in conversation if it's something you want to do especially if you're interested in other people's opinions.

What it doesn't say is anything about the different kinds of motor oils like the OP is wondering about with this thread.