GEN 2 Wrong oil for 15K miles

[Ted Schroeder]

The Ford dealership that does my service has my trust so far. One time the service writer was given me the truck back and he said hold one minute if you don’t mind. He called the shop Forman out and gave him a chewing out because the ticket called for full synthetic oil. They put in none synthetic oil, he told him to take back drain oil and replace oil filter. I use to change my oil myself but becoming disabled put a end to that.

 

[New recaros]

I think the manual calls for 0-20 for cold climates and shows it’s good to 100 deg/f. All is fine

 

[FordTechOne]

I think the manual calls for 0-20 for cold climates and shows it’s good to 100 deg/f. All is fine

The cold climate oil recommendation is 0W-30; you may have been looking at the spec for the 3.3L. The 3.5 EcoBoost is not designed for any oil with a viscosity of 20; only 0W-30 or 5W-30.

 

[alphax]

Shady? You're about as smart and helpful as a brick. A company reduces the life of a $75K truck, also diminishes its value (now if I were to sell it I have service records that show it had the wrong oil for 15K miles) and you say I'm shady because I'm asking for ideas on how to make it right?

Let’s back track, who’s decision was it to a $75k truck to get a $30 oil change? Did you verify in your receipt what type of oil they were using? Is there any damage currently? Did the truck break down? And if it did, how will you articulate that it came from the oil they were using? Be smarter!

 

[alphax]

Four times and it's somebody else's fault.

Plot twist… and now he wants a LIFETIME worth of wrong oil.

 

[Winchester30]

This thread might belong on
Prius forums.com… just sayin’.

 

[BigTaco]

If you have the Roush Raptor performance calibration, you must switch to 5w50.

 

[FordTechOne]

If you have the Roush Raptor performance calibration, you must switch to 5w50.

Never heard of this. Link?

 

[1BAD454SSv2]

If you have the Roush Raptor performance calibration, you must switch to 5w50.

I think that is for 5.0 supercharged f150 or mustang

 

[downforce137]

i think the wrong oil is better than no oil.. keep running it, im sure itll be fine