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i disagree with that statement. his engine is engineered to run on 5w20 and he should use it.

plus if he is still under warranty he better be using 5w20.
if he ever had a problem and could not prove he used the "recommended" grade of oil he may encounter a large repair bill if ford decides to deny his claim.
I personally have seen Ford deny a warranty claim because the dealership didn't do the oil changes.

The owners manual on my '97 showed using both 10w-30 and 5w-30. Climate, altitude, and other factors go into what grade oil to use.
 
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all the new ones with the eception of the 4.0SOHC engine use 5w20.

says in the owners manual and on the oil cap.

something about fuel economy and bearing clearances.
 
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Originally Posted by 04 EDGE
all the new ones with the eception of the 4.0SOHC engine use 5w20.

says in the owners manual and on the oil cap.

something about fuel economy and bearing clearances.
huh. Do they allow for different altitude and climate conditions breaking down oil faster?
 
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couldn't tell you that, my owners manual is in the truck and i am not.

motorcraft 5w20 is all climate oil.
 
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Good to know!
 
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MY fiance's taurus has the 3.0 vulcan in it and the owners manual says to run 5w-30, that was in 1999. Recently the dealer told me that 5w-20 is recommended for here car. After running it one oil change that way, the cars valve train was too noisy IMO. Now we are back to 30 weight and the car runs much better. I am starting to think any oil will do....lol
 
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Yeah my 04 3.0 says 5w-20 as well.
 
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Thanks for all the input. Looks like I'm going to Wal-Mart even though I don't like shopping there...... but I'm assuming Motorcraft is made in USA. I hate going to the dealer cuz they charge 3x for everything. The other day they quoted me $40 just to program a spare key which took me all of 10 seconds.. what a rip off.
 
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i dont like shopping at wall mart either. there one of the reasons the USA is in the mess "we " are in now!

98% of everything on there shelfs is made in china.
 
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Originally Posted by 04 EDGE
i dont like shopping at wall mart either. there one of the reasons the USA is in the mess "we " are in now!

98% of everything on there shelfs is made in china.
Yea and to think that their marketing used to be "Made in the U.S.A.".
 
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Originally Posted by MRTOAD
Thanks for all the input. Looks like I'm going to Wal-Mart even though I don't like shopping there...... but I'm assuming Motorcraft is made in USA. I hate going to the dealer cuz they charge 3x for everything. The other day they quoted me $40 just to program a spare key which took me all of 10 seconds.. what a rip off.
The dealership is competitive on their oil prices.

For programming the PATS key, that was cheap. If you had 2 keys you could have done it yourself.
 
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Originally Posted by 04 EDGE
i dont like shopping at wall mart either. there one of the reasons the USA is in the mess "we " are in now!

98% of everything on there shelfs is made in china.
I am not for or against wal-mart, but!!!! 98% of everything on every shelf is made in China, not just the shelves at wal-mart.....

That being said, I only buy my finace's oil there because its cheap....
 
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I love wal-mart!
 
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Yes, but would the Dalai Lama shop there?...
 
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Yes, but would the Dalai Lama shop there?...
What's good for the Dalai, is good for me!
 
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Yes, but would the Dalai Lama shop there?...
Maybe? If they had sheets on sale.
 
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What's good for the Dalai, is good for me!
I can get a good hot pastrami sandwich at the corner Dalai...
 
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I can get a good hot pastrami sandwich at the corner Dalai...
o wow. It is getting deep now *Going to put my wadding boots on*
 
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Maybe? If they had sheets on sale.
No, the Dalai Lama will take no sheet from Walmart...
 
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This thread delivers.
 
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It's like 8 bucks for a 5 quart jug at Walmart
 
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