Oil change

[Anonymous-0]

The engine oil in my wifes 08 Ford Edge is due for a change.The Dealer has a good price, about what I can buy the oil filter for. The oil I can get is all synethetic, the dealer has a what they call a blend I asume 1/2 regular, and 1/2 synethetic. The car came with all synethetic. Should I stick with it, or will a blend work just fine? Stan

 

[Randyr]

The blend will work fine.
I think the blend is probably closer to 20% synthetic.

 

[JoeBob-IN]

Personally I'd go with a true FULL synthetic such as Mobil 1 or preferably Amsoil. Mobil guarantees the oil to be good for 12k IIRC and Amsoil is good for at least 17.5K. Both cost more than any blend but with the extra miles it is worth it in the long run. Amsoil also sells filters good for 25k. If you decide to go that route hit me up as I can get it to ya for dealer price.

 

[patsublett]

Be carfull about extra miles from synthetic oil. Your oil becomes deluted with fuel wheather synthetic or standard. Synthetic oil does reduce fricton, thus wear, compared to reg oil. I would hesitate to use it to extend changing interval though.

 

[JayinNY]

Is it a lease? or do you own the car? As far as Im concerned with todays throw away cars just use conventional oil. My father in law boasts he gets 16 miles a gallon with his 2002 dakota about 66000 miles on it. I get 15mpg with my 99 dakota with 155,000 miles on it. Oooooh, he gained a mile to the gallon and spends 3xs as much for oil than I do. Just my thoughts.

 

[Mike in Mn.]

I use Amsoil 5-30 HDD and change it once a year, add if necessary and change it every spring, never have any problems. Use an Amsoil or Wix filter.

 

[Jon Hagen]

Check your operators manual, use what they recommend, not what the dealer wants to use.

 

[MarkB_MI]

There's an awful lot of crap out there called "synthetic blend". Doesn't mean a thing. Change it yourself and use Mobil 1. Yes, it will cost more than the dealer charges, but you'll be ahead in the long run.

 

[Tom-TX]

Mark is right on this one. Synthetic blend means nothing except they had to add a drop or two of cheap synthetic per quart of who know how good a base dino oil. I use Mobil One, but change at 4000 miles or less. Been doing it for years and years. Tom

 

[wijim]

Take it to the dealer and tell them what oil you want. Simple as that. I don't believe in synthetic oil, If you use conventional and change it every 3000 miles engines will last a long time. I have a 92 GMC with over 200k on it and it does not use a full quart of oil between changes. Jim

 

[John730D]

Fords come with a blended oil new. I have had the dealer change my oil and use only Motorcraft synthetic blend. Changed ever 5000 miles. 187,000 miles later the car uses no oil. Put in one set of plugs and changed antifreesze once. See why I like Fords?

 

[dhermesc]

The dealer will probably use Motorcraft 5W20 synthetic blend. Its the same price as conventional oil and as mentioned in another post is probably about 20% synthetic. The Freestyle we had used the same oil and I would buy a jug of it and 1 quart of Mobil 1 to mix with it (6 quarts total). An Edge holds 5.5 quarts, so you have a similar option.

As for what it "came with", from the factory it had Motorcraft 5W20 synthetic blend, what the former owner was using is hard to tell. Its pretty easy to tell someone that it had synthetic - and even with a receipt from "Jiffy Lube" (they put in whats close and handy).

 

[Kentb of SWMO]

To the poster who say oil get diluted with fuel, NOT ON TODAYS CARS AND TRUCK. With the electronic controlled fuel systems, the days of fuel diluted oil are a thing of the past. There is not enough excess fuel in today's engine to hardly have free carbon in an engine much less dilute the oil.

Kent

 

[Cienna]

Son took his van to an ex-Chrysler dealership to have a couple oil leaks fixed, with instructions to put new oil and filter in/on--which he brought along. Got the van back, checked the oil to make sure there was adequate amount. Couldn't believe it!!! Dirty oil!!! Called the manager to find out what happened. Was told that they drained out the old oil to do the repair, and then put the old oil back in!! Anybody ever heard of an outfit doing this??

 

[Sam#3]

Use the advice Justin Wilson gave about wine. "Drink what you like." (Accent respectivly un-attempted)

 

[dhermesc]

Must be a Chrysler thing. I HAD a Dodge Stratus that had the transmission fail at 22K, recommended transmission oil change was 30K. They replaced the pump, counter shafts and a few other parts - then refilled it with the old transmission oil. I noticed on the receipt (0 balance - warranty repair) that they only charged Chrysler for two quarts of transmission fluid and asked them about it.

That was at a 5 Star dealership.

 

[dhermesc]

Agreed, multi port fuel injection makes engines last many times longer than anything else developed in the last 40 years. Overdrive transmissions didn't help much with gas mileage until fuel injection made engines run more efficient at lower RPMs.

 

[paramedicchuck]

Just bought a 2011 Toyota Senna minivan. The vehicle uses synthetic 0W-20 oil and the recommended oil change interval is 10,000 miles.