nickt916

i tried to look through the manual and couldn't find at what intervals the oil should be changed, or at what intervals trans and rear end fluid should be changed, is there a place where i can download this somewhere?

also i couldn't find anything that could help me track my oil changes in a booklet or anything, i thought cars come with this stuff, reason i ask is because we just picked up a 4 runner and it has all that stuff in there and so did our other cars in the past.

maybe i missed it in the manual somewhere or I'm missing a separate booklet?

kylerohde

Oil gets changed when the Oil Life Monitor tells you to. Trans fluid is 100k I think, not sure on rear axle. Log on owner.ford.com and you can download the maintenance schedule and other stuff that, for some reason, wasn't included in your materials.

hawkeye18

The MT-82 is "Fill for life", which - given the average life of an MT82 - is about 10,000-20,000 miles. The differential is also "Fill for life", which - given the average life of a rear differential - is about 80 years.

The engine oil will last as long as the oil life monitor tells you it does. No really, it's pretty good. You should see the formula and all the variables it uses. It's like three pages long.

wheelman

There is some maintenance schedule stuff towards the back. My eyes started to gloss over somewhere after 200 pages but plan to read the rest tomorrow.

BOSS302R

But how is this oil gauge unit? Is a change usually required after 5,000 7,500 normal driving? Do you change it 10 20 or 0 % life? So if the engine is working harder how accurate is the gauge for that?

First time seeing such stuff

rechner843

Around 7500 is when I changed mine should be the same for the 13

2011GT/CS

Yeah, that's why my car says 17% oil life and I have 23,000 miles. Don't trust that stuff. Do it every 4-5k. I flushed both my MT-82 with royal purple and the rear diff. The diff had so many metal particles in it. It's like $20 and well worth it