Which oil is king?

SageBrush · Jul 31, 2003

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Your getting me mixed up with another poster. I'm talking about the 6.0 diesel problems.

SageBrush · Jul 31, 2003

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( All I will say is if you own a F350 get rid of it. I had one (1997 Powerstroke) and it was nice, but American cars/trucks are like 5 to 8 years behind the Japanese. The Fords would break down and my Lexus would go by waving.)

Nah, lets not go to far. Your one truck does not reflect all Fords in a negetive light because you perfer a Lexus, like the two compare anyway. Asain trucks and cars have there happy die hard owners just like Fords. I've had Fords that never went back to the dealer for repairs. There is a new 03 F-150 outsider right now going on 5K with zero problems. Same with my Dodges. My 98 caddy leaked oil, had A/C problems, paint problems, all in 23K miles..... I unloaded that one first chance I got. Not a lemon, but close. Never owned asain cars, can't comment on them. But, I'm sure they have lemons too.

BillyP · Jul 31, 2003

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Will this thread be the next to be deleted?

SageBrush · Jul 31, 2003

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Maybe, did we ever get an oil king... kidding, just kiddding. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

This is a great bunch of people, with a lot of opinions. I like people with opinions, the best kind. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Egon · Jul 31, 2003

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They even grow rice in California.

Egon

jlw52 · Jul 31, 2003

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This thread really went off track. Back to the oil. I work maintenance for a large heavy/highway construction company and have probably changed more oil this month than most of you ever will. I'm not an oil scientist but I have been in the business a while. Any quality oil meeting the manufactures' specs will do the job if the maintenance intervals are followed. Most of the engine failures we see are from dirt ingestion from faulty air intakes ( improperly installed filters, breaks in the filter housings or air tubes from the filters to the turbo), fuel or antifreeze dilution. All the "big iron" is engine serviced at 250 hours, including fuel and air filters (inner or safety elements every 3rd service) along with oil samples. Transmission and hydraulic filters @ 500 hours, tranny oil @1000 hours and hydraulic and gear oils @ 2000 hours. Trying to run "super oils" that promise extended service intervals would require an oil sampling program to catch any contaminants.

Egon · Jul 31, 2003

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Isis a simple old man eh. Always got to sit in the back corner of the old country school till Ise had to shave.
Now what is this Lexuis thing doing pulling a 15000 pound trailer? Ain't it a car?

Egon

Bird · Jul 31, 2003

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( Nah, lets not go to far. Your one truck does not reflect all Fords in a negetive light )

/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gifA never ending debate. We all develop our "prejudices", if you can call them that, based on our experiences, which may or may not be typical. When I was a teenager, I wanted one of those flathead Ford V-8s, but Dad vetoed that; I started with a Chevy. Dad owned an auto parts store, and I said something to him one day about him not liking Fords, and he corrected me, said, "Oh no, I love'em. They keep me in business; just don't want to own one." /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Well, it was several years later, when I started on the police department and I liked the Fords we drove, so in 1966, I bought a new Ford sedan, and sure wish there'd been a lemon law back then. That little car would have made a Yugo look like a Rolls Royce; quite possibly the worst lemon to ever come off an assembly line anywhere. So for nearly 25 years, you couldn't have given me a Ford product of any kind.

Then late in 1991, I bought a 460 Ford powered motorhome, had no complaints with it, in 1993 bought a Ford Escort to tow behind the motorhome; towed it 15k miles and drove it 106k, quite possibly the most trouble free car I've owned; still ran like new when my wife totalled it, so I bought a 1999 Escort, no complaints in 40k+ miles, and I was driving a 1981 F250 with a 351 engine with no complaints. Only reason we got rid of the '99 Escort was my wife wanting something bigger, so now we have a 1999 F150 supercab and a 2001 Windstar SE Sport. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Haven't had anything but Fords now for 12 years. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Egon · Jul 31, 2003

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Cheese; remember getting rear ended by a Ford years ago. Put a little dent in me bumper. He had to get towed!

EGON

Egon · Jul 31, 2003

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Bird:
It must have been them two water pumps.

Had a 66 Chrysler 300 4 door hardtop with a high performance 383. !0.5 to 1 compression ratio. Positract rear end. Loved that car.

Still had hair and looked about sixteen

Egon