F250 oil change - how often?
Submitted: Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 00:26
ThreadID:
124774
Views:
3778
Replies:
3
FollowUps:
3
This Thread has been Archived
Motherhen & Rooster
How often do you change the oil in the F250s? 5,000 or 10,000 kms?
Thanks
Motherhen
| Motherhen
Red desert dreaming
Follow our travelogues, bush camping and other travel hints at www.australiasomuchtosee.comMember
My Profile My Blog Send Message |
Reply By: David & Franki - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:01
Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:01
7500
carry own oil as most ford places use something different and want to rip u off on the oil
David
AnswerID:
575257
Follow Up By: Motherhen & Rooster - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:05
Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:05
Hi David, we have purchased and brought oil with us, but are unsure if it should be changed at 5,000 kms as we do with the 3 litre Nissan, or 10,000 as we do with the Landcruisers. How often do you change the oil?
Motherhen
| Motherhen
Red desert dreaming
Follow our travelogues, bush camping and other travel hints at www.australiasomuchtosee.comMember
My Profile My Blog Send Message |
FollowupID:
849794
Follow Up By: David & Franki - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:09
Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:09
I said 7500....meaning every 7500km as per service manual
Cheers,
d
FollowupID:
849795
Follow Up By: Motherhen & Rooster - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 06:34
Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 06:34
Thanks David - I didn't read very well, did I?
Mh
| Motherhen
Red desert dreaming
Follow our travelogues, bush camping and other travel hints at www.australiasomuchtosee.comMember
My Profile My Blog Send Message |
FollowupID:
849796
Reply By: Deleted User - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 03:53
Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 03:53
G'day Motherhen,
according to the service book its every 7500kms but as we do trips through the outback we are not always close to a Ford Dealership or any other workshop for that matter....so sometimes we stretch it out to 10'000kms but always replace the oilfilter with every oilchange. In other words....I change the oil and filter when ever I have the opportunity even if I'm over or under the 7500kms.It works for me.
Regards
Adrian
AnswerID:
575258
Reply By: Noosa Fox - Monday, Jun 16, 2008 at 07:38
Monday, Jun 16, 2008 at 07:38
The other important thing to change is the Transmission fluid.
Ours wasn't fully changed just the sump drained and refilled 3 times in 170,000 km and then a spring went inside and had to be a partial rebuild.
The auto transmission people in Dandenong Victoria who I believe know what they are talking about say that we should changed the fluid every 30,000 km and to do that you have to disconnect a pipe on the transmission cooler and pump it out of the converter or otherwise you will only be changing nearly 5 litres from the sump and not the for 16 litres (from Memory) that is in the entire system.
We also try to change every 7500 but have stretched it out to 10,000 several times.
Brian
AnswerID:
575259
