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Jan 23, 2015 | 10:53 PM

#41

2k7gtcs

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Originally Posted by 2011 Kona Blue

We need more oil threads.

Drill baby, drill!!!

Jan 23, 2015 | 10:57 PM

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2011 Kona Blue

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Drill baby, drill!!!

Ba ha ha

Jan 23, 2015 | 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SONICBOOST

I am not an engineer nor am I an engine guru, so therefore I am going to use what is recommend. Always subjective but I'll take the odds.

Then why didn't you use your factory engineered suspension parts?

Jan 24, 2015 | 08:01 AM

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Then why didn't you use your factory engineered suspension parts?

Cause those parts are boring :-)

Apr 28, 2019 | 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 2011 Kona Blue

Mine hasn't. The 5W20 oil is for the CAFE standards here in the US although its cool too use. The very same Ford engine in Europe as we have here in the US gets recommend 5W 30 oil weight but they don't have CAFE standards.

This was true for the Triton 5.4 an 4.6 3 valves. It kinda scares me that Ford is pulling the same gag with these new coyotes given all the issues the Triton's had.

May 5, 2019 | 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Branden Mullens

This was true for the Triton 5.4 an 4.6 3 valves. It kinda scares me that Ford is pulling the same gag with these new coyotes given all the issues the Triton's had.

147k miles on a first year Coyote here, with zero issues, FWIW. 5W-20 full synthetic every oil change.