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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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do you change your oil?

04 5.4, i change it every 3000 miles, give or take a couple hundred, finding time to do it is the tough part lol
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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I have been told that depending on the oil you run you can go up to 5,000 miles before doin an oil change
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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Normal oil you can go about 5000 but synthetic you can get 10-15k out of it
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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synthetic or not i cant see going 15000 miles without a change, i dunno guess ill waste a little extra money to help me feel like my truck is being maintained better lol
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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 12:20 AM
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I change mine every 3-5 months depending on how many miles I have on that change. I put full synthetic in, and only put on about 1500-2000 miles during that time frame. It can get costly at almost 50 bucks an oil change, but I feel better having fresh oil every couple months. Now working at the dealership, I will only put about 1/2 a mile/average a day. During summer I may walk to work.
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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 12:33 AM
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I have Ford do mine at around 4k...they threw in the ESP plane when I bought it, so why not have them do it.
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