DeepSeaMofo423
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Did anyone read the owners manual? It gives break in instructions inside….
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I've bought a few cars over the past several years. The quality of the written manuals has dramatically degraded, compared to even the mid-2000s. Errors, omissions, typos, formatting errors, nonsense sentences, information from the wrong model, you name it.
I suspect the people at the factories who cared about providing an accurate, comprehensive manual have all retired. And their replacements know that no one reads the manual, and spend their effort accordingly.
In any case, even deliberately doing the opposite of the break-in instructions is unlikely to result in a failure that Ford would cover under warranty, so they have no incentive whatsoever to be precise about this. Your truck may develop slightly less power, get slightly worse mileage, and burn slightly more oil than one that was broken in properly - but how would you even know?
Did they change the oil drain from gen 2 or do you still need a fumoto valve and hose to not make a mess?I've got over 8k miles on my Gen 3 now and no oil usage noted. Did my first oil change around 2500 miles, then again around 6500(after a 4k mile trip). I'll change it again at 10K, then get back on my every 5K change.
Also, I towed my boat some before reaching 1K and 2.5k miles and some after 6500.