SPYING 1 Posted Friday at 11:51 PM Author Posted Friday at 11:51 PM Unsung Hero: Ford's 300 CID Straight-Six Engine CARBUZZ.COM The Ford engine that dominated reliability for over three decades, flying under the radar while... 1 Quote
TBG 150 Posted Saturday at 08:29 PM Posted Saturday at 08:29 PM As annoying as this guy is, his information is factually and chemically correct. I just get really annoyed with people that hyper-ventilate to get their point across. Speak to me as a professional in your field. Never go by the Oil Life Monitor. If you have older car that uses regular dino oil, make sure you change it at 1 yr or 3000 miles. If you run anything requiring full synthetic, the outside limit is 5000 miles if you don't want to dig into the engine or turbo chargers. I have what is known as the worst new truck engine that Ford has ever come out with. The Generation 1 EcoBoost. Said to not pass 50,000 miles without replacing the turbo chargers or the cam phasers. These adjust the valve timing depending on power demand. I'm at 176,000 miles as of the oil change yesterday without ever touching any of these dreaded items. Oil changed at 500 miles the first time, then every 3000 miles after that using Mobil 1 Full Synthetic and a quart of Lucas Oil Stabilizer for the entire time. I put millions of miles on big 15 and 16 Liter diesel engines using Lucas in them all and never even rolled in bearings at 1,000,000 miles. Get an oil analysis every 2nd or 3rd change and you'll know exactly what is going on in your engine. Really cheap insurance after the warranty expires. Bearings? $7000-$10,000. Turbo chargers? $3500 each. Oil analysis? $30. Lucas Oil Stabilizer? $30 per gallon. Your call!! 1 Quote
TBG 150 Posted Saturday at 08:48 PM Posted Saturday at 08:48 PM A full hard boot of my vehicles is done at every 2nd oil change, so, every 6000 miles. It makes it like a new vehicle again. Quote
SPYING 1 Posted 3 hours ago Author Posted 3 hours ago On 4/11/2026 at 4:29 PM, TBG 150 said: As annoying as this guy is, his information is factually and chemically correct. I just get really annoyed with people that hyper-ventilate to get their point across. Speak to me as a professional in your field. Never go by the Oil Life Monitor. If you have older car that uses regular dino oil, make sure you change it at 1 yr or 3000 miles. If you run anything requiring full synthetic, the outside limit is 5000 miles if you don't want to dig into the engine or turbo chargers. I have what is known as the worst new truck engine that Ford has ever come out with. The Generation 1 EcoBoost. Said to not pass 50,000 miles without replacing the turbo chargers or the cam phasers. These adjust the valve timing depending on power demand. I'm at 176,000 miles as of the oil change yesterday without ever touching any of these dreaded items. Oil changed at 500 miles the first time, then every 3000 miles after that using Mobil 1 Full Synthetic and a quart of Lucas Oil Stabilizer for the entire time. I put millions of miles on big 15 and 16 Liter diesel engines using Lucas in them all and never even rolled in bearings at 1,000,000 miles. Get an oil analysis every 2nd or 3rd change and you'll know exactly what is going on in your engine. Really cheap insurance after the warranty expires. Bearings? $7000-$10,000. Turbo chargers? $3500 each. Oil analysis? $30. Lucas Oil Stabilizer? $30 per gallon. Your call!! Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 37 minutes ago, SPYING 1 said: Laa Tee Daa!!! Ford pays out 165 Million in fines to the NHTSA and not a red cent to the customers that bought their vehicles and had to be troubled by being without THEIR vehicles for lengthy time periods.In addition to paying for the repairs they should have to cut each customer affected by their ignorance a nice fat check. Don't get me wrong here, I am a Ford man and have been for years. My daily driver is a 08 F150. I said when they came out with the turbo motor it was a PIECE OF SHIT!!! Turbo motors always have been shit and don't belong in daily drivers. Turbo technology is GREAT on the race track and needs to stay there. It works OK in heavy equipment and OTR Rigs but they built to handle it better then a grocery getter Quote
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