TheKurgan

Ok so I go to change the oil in the Ecoboost for the first time yesterday. I look in the book and see it takes 5W30 Syn Blend. Cool, that's the same oil I use in my mustang. Filter is an FL500S. Never heard of that one before, but I look at the filter and it looks like a normal oil filter. Small, but I guess it doesn't need a huge diesel filter.

I go to Wal-Mart and they are out of 5W30 Motorcraft Syn blend and do not have an FL500S. Then I go to O-Reily's and they don't have the filter either but they do have the oil. The oil is freggin $4.59 a quart! Wal-Mart used to sell this oil in the 5 quart jug for $12.50. Well since they didn't have the filter and the oil was expensive I put it all back on the shelf and head for Autozone.

They guy greets me at the door and asks if he can help me with something so I say yes I'm looking for an FL500S. He heads for the computer and tries to look up my truck...2011 F150 Ecoboost is not even in their system. The filter cross ref book is 3 years old so I know it's not going to be in their either. They do not have the filter either and the oil is the same price as O-Reily's.

Anyway /rant and I guess I'll be heading to the dealer to buy a freakin oil filter.

Eco F150

Wait till you go to change it, bolt on side of oil pan with lots of threads, and oil filter hard to get at, plus all there cheap plastic protectors. Poor design.

user_name

Ok. Where are people buying this stuff? 2 Walmarts near me do not carry it.

TheKurgan

Yeah I had already drained the oil. It's even worse with skid plates.

Oil is not hard to find, but they did go up on the price of it so beware.

I had to go to the dealer to get the filter. I think I gave $4.50 ish for it.

So what used to be a $20 oil change is now $35 doing it myself.

TheKurgan

Ok now I'm even more pissed. After scratching the hell out of my arm I got the filter off and this is what I see...

So the manual calls for a FL500S and this sticker says to use FL-2055. WTF???

Did I mention it's 98 degrees today ?

Also that little thing on the bottom that looks like a drain for the spilled oil that comes out of the filter does not drain oil so I had the drain pan in the wrong spot and got oil all over the carport.

raven7usa

It's been reported that Ford done some more evaluation/testing and has dropped the filter update as your sticker shows. They recommend to use the same as what came on your truck - FL500S. Now clean up that oil mess on the floor before the wife comes home.

TheKurgan

Nice. Thank you! The wife got deleted 10 years ago. She was replaced with a Shelby mustang and F150 Ecoboost haha.

pfbz

As I understand it...

• Originally, Ford spec'ed the FL500.
• They thought they had an issue, dropped the FL500S, and replaced it with the FL-2055. This was along with an addendum in the owners manual and stickers on the filters.
• Then they reversed themselves again, dropped the FL-2055, and went back to the FL500S.

Short answer: Ford currently specifies the FL500S for the 35L Ecoboost engine.

Eco F150

I put the fl-2055 on mine because I have 2 of them. All oil has went up numerous times this year. The oil from filter comes out the square hole in skidplate not the funnel they designed. ALL those other flimsy skidplates seem STUPID. The wife deleted and replaced with a Shelby is funny.

techrep

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Nice swap dude...bitchy wife for a bitchen Shelby...BTW my local Wal Mart carries both the oil and the FL2055...maybe yours was just out at the time.