New to me truck! Thoughts on Ford aluminum body.

They recommend that too for the 5.0 I think as well. Maybe even higher mileage than that. I've been taking the advice of a coyote guru and changing the 8 qts of oil and filter at 8500 miles, and only using full synthetic. The guy says that the coyote will last longer with that oil change advice. The oil life meter always has a few miles on it in percentage left when I change it this way. I think they days the reasoning is that the valve train chain guides don't wear much/ at all if you you have fresher synthetic oil.

I'm sure that any newer overhead cam ford, including the 2.7 and 3.5 ecoboost would benefit from this schedule.

 

When you change it that way, what's the percentage of oil life? I know the ecoboost have a lower oil capacity than the 'yote.

 

And an even older book.
They did a redo in 2010 and a different named movie based on the Melville novel in 2015.

 

I change by the oil life Guage and its 10,000 miles on the nose. It only holds 6 quarts. The Lucas looks new when I change it. We will see how it holds up. I will put 40,000 on it a year. So we will see what the life of the motor will be shortly lol.

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I change every 8,000 miles and run synthetic. It's generally about 20-25% oil life at 8,000 miles.

Last year, my travel for work dried up, so it was just driving to the office and city miles. The truck was saying that I had 0-5% oil life left at 8,000 miles, so it's not set to do percentage based off of 10,000 miles. Maybe 10,000 miles or x amount of hours, whichever comes first?

 

The oil life gauge should be giving everyone a different oil change interval due to it taking into account how you drive.

 

As for the eco boost engines... I remember when they first came out, Ford had a video of the torture test they put the 3.5 in the F150 through...it was impressive!
That said, I have a friend that is a wholesale truck dealer (he finds popular inventory for dealers when they can't find enough on their own...and he is a big Ford head) he said he will no longer buy older or high milage ecoboosts due to the higher than average chance of getting stuck with some spendy repair bills.

 

Exactly. It's dependant on how you drive. I just know that when I change the oil at 8500 miles, there's at least 10% on the oil life meter. More if I go on a road trip.

 

Picking mine up Monday and there is no way i am gonna gamble $5,000 on it. I have always done whats supposed to with all the fluids.

 

Wow! 10,000? Does the truck have the automatic oil signal that tells you when to change the oil? I guess I get around 6,000 with my Silverado

 

95% of my driving is cruise control. 75 or better most of the time. With maybe 1000 pounds of tools in cab and tool box. We have 6 trucks and 2 Mercedes sprinters. The Mercedes are recommended 20,000 mile services. Done through the dealer. Its a 2 grand service. Haven't serviced them yet.

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Do any of you guys undercoat your trucks to avoid rust issues? I've been turned onto it over the past few years, a company here does it for about $500 and guarantees it, with a yearly "touch up" where they basically just shoot the whole underside again. So basically you get it completely done every year as part of their warranty.

I own an industrial blast/paint shop but we get into some automotive work with plastic media blasting. Here and there I'll remove undercoat with plastic media, the short explanation is plastic doesn't etch or change the substrate surface whatsoever, it's just meant for removing paint or other coatings. Any time I've removed undercoat the metal is like new underneath it.

 

Always undercoat. Anything is better than nothing. As far as brands it’s like asking if you like blonds or redheads.

 

Both

 

BTDT, never again. I once had Ziebart undercoat my truck...then found out I had to take it back for an "inspection" every year...which cost $100, (many years ago...I'm sure its more now) if you don't do it, their "warranty" is void...turns out their "warranty" is just to refund the initial install cost only, IF you can meet all there qualifications. My truck had a bit of rust to begin with, and it kept right on rusting...plus, after the UC was done, I realized that it was a ROYAL PITA to work on anything that had UC on it now.
Since then I have started taking all my vehicles to be oil sprayed...$40 (here) and it WORKS! The only down side is that the vehicle will have "the drips" for a week or so after...good time to park in the gravel...or on some cardboard if in the garage. After a vehicle is sprayed a few times the whole underbody develops a "grease" layer on everything...a little messy to deal with when working on things, but still not near the PITA that undercoating is...especially when you consider that it actually works...and it will pretty much stop existing rust too. Everyone that I have talked into trying it has become a believer...even my employer gets the whole fleet sprayed now.

 

Wonder how well Topcoating would work?

 

I think she's used to using baby oil.