mattlqx
Mustangless
I changed my oil and it wasn't fun. It wasn't fun at all. The filter is way, way over-torqued from the factory. It was on a FULL TURN past "snug". I worked on the filter alone for no less than two hours. Thanks Ford. Thanks so much. I had to a use a 18" pipe wrench to get it off in the end. Somebody please, please, please tell the factory to actually use the torque spec that's RIGHT ON THE FILTER.
I want to echo others and say change your oil after 500-1000 miles. There's so much junk in there it's insane. I've never seen that much crud come out of a new car. Some of the picture below was from my trials with the oil filter, but the vast majority was just from the oil itself. The oil service door on the windage tray is passable if I didn't have to use a honkin' wrench but they route large gauge electrical wire for the EPAS directly below the filter. It's impossible to not lubricate all the things under there when taking off the filter. Probably the worst oil service experience of any car I've owned.
I want to echo others and say change your oil after 500-1000 miles. There's so much junk in there it's insane. I've never seen that much crud come out of a new car. Some of the picture below was from my trials with the oil filter, but the vast majority was just from the oil itself. The oil service door on the windage tray is passable if I didn't have to use a honkin' wrench but they route large gauge electrical wire for the EPAS directly below the filter. It's impossible to not lubricate all the things under there when taking off the filter. Probably the worst oil service experience of any car I've owned.