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chuck943

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hotstang_46 said:
1 million miles
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actually the last time I saw him in the shop was in nov. he was around 930K he expects to reach the 1 million mile mark sometime in the later part of this year then he says he may retire it. we figured that it is driven roughly 75k miles per year since he has owned it or about 220 miles a day everyday on avg. since car left the showroom floor. he had tranny replaced at 480K and engine was replaced at 624K.
 
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NobleHdwe said:
I talked to a service mgr at a local Ford dealership about this just the other day. He said that the main advantage of the synthetic is that you can go longer between changes. He said that the blend, which all conventional oils are now, changed at 3K miles is just as good in his opinion. He said that the svc dept will do whatever the customer requests. If they want full synthetic then they do that. He said that they haven't seen any real differences in problems between using either one. Just my 2 cents. I'm too old school. Every 3K oil and filter for me!
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No synthetic blend and conventional are 2 different oils

http://www.fcsdchemicalsandlubricants.com/dealer/category.asp?select=[Motor Oil]
 

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I was told by my oil supplier that most of your major brands of "conventional" oils are actually blends. He said they may not say it on the label but they actually are. In our store we carry the major brands, and some of them are starting to change their labels and say synthetic blend instead of conventional.
 

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I though 99-00 GT's were 5w30. Then they said 01-04 GT's took 5w20?
 

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They can all be 5-30.

I have a buddy that runs fleet vehicle all which are approaching 200,000 miles running 5-30 even though the cap says 5 20. Ford e350's with the 5.4's.
 

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True. I mixed my 04 F150 lease. Whatever was on sale I bought. 24K no trouble. Turned it in just like the day I drove it off the lot.
 
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