Apr 16, 2021
I'm hoping someone from Ford picks up on this and answers the question down the road. I've run 100% synthetic oil in everything since 1979. I noticed the Bronco Sport comes factory filled with Ford's synthetic blend oil. I also noted that in the owners manual they recommend Motorcraft synthetic blend oil, but do not recommend the 100% synthetic.
My Mustang on the other hand (and it's only a V6 not a high performance model) does list 100% as a recommended oil. My wife's Escape (2018) also does not mention 100% synthetic. So, I'm wondering if there's some reason why Ford is not recommending 100% synthetic oil in the Ecoboost engines? Or if they just felt like recommending only one
product. I would think with the turbo the benefits of a 100% synthetic oil would be even more beneficial. Now, the manual also does not recommend AGAINST 100% synthetic, and I'm likely fine with anything that meets the viscosity and other specs mentioned in the book. But I was just curious if there might be more to it? Where I live -30 to -35 below
are not uncommon temps in the winter and I like the lowest flow temp I can get.
My Mustang on the other hand (and it's only a V6 not a high performance model) does list 100% as a recommended oil. My wife's Escape (2018) also does not mention 100% synthetic. So, I'm wondering if there's some reason why Ford is not recommending 100% synthetic oil in the Ecoboost engines? Or if they just felt like recommending only one
product. I would think with the turbo the benefits of a 100% synthetic oil would be even more beneficial. Now, the manual also does not recommend AGAINST 100% synthetic, and I'm likely fine with anything that meets the viscosity and other specs mentioned in the book. But I was just curious if there might be more to it? Where I live -30 to -35 below
are not uncommon temps in the winter and I like the lowest flow temp I can get.
SlashRacer, Bronclahoma
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