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"This bike is pretty much the last vehicle I would consider spending good money on an oil analysis for. I thought KLR owners were all cheap bastards, but I guess not :p. The oil's cheap, the engine is under-stressed and very reliable, and it should be relatively cheap to replace if you do have...

The bikes I've owned in the past showed a lot of metal wear/glitter in the oil at 100 miles so will definitely want to get that out. Love the bike, coming off years with a big american bagger, literally the opposite machine so having a blast.

Just picked up a 23 KLR650. Bike had 3 miles on it when I took it home. Plan to do an initial oil change this weekend, prob be around 100-150 miles on it by then. I've read good things about Rotella 15-40, any reason not to use it for first change? Will do another change at 600 for the...

Interesting information, thanks. Haven't crawled under the truck yet but have read reports of draining oil making a mess- would a piece of channel or similar be helpful for directing the oil? Going to grab a spare drain plug just in case, and maybe a filter or two. I'll probably do the first...

Thanks for all the great replies. Yes the box is al and yes it has twin turbos. I got the XLT, usually just got XLs in the past. I'll prob change the oil myself the first time, see how it goes from there. Would a syn blend perhaps be good for the first change, help with ring seating etc...

Just picked up a new 2019 F-150 with the 2.7 EB. Truck will be a daily driver with occasional road trips, basic hauling and infrequent towing. Have changed the oil in all of my vehicles up to now. Planning to hold on to this truck for some time, will probably purchase an extended warranty...

Thanks to all for the great replies. Never sorry for asking a question here. After reading through everything here and information from other places here's where I'm at: Cold starts and short trips aren't the best things for engines. And yet that is the reality I am faced with. Any number of...

2017 Ford F150 3.5 NA. Bought new, has appr 8k miles. Was originally driving on short, medium and longer trips with no real rhyme or reason, just every day driving plus for work occasionally. Moved into town, and at about the same time got a work truck. Now the truck doesn't even get...

Great thanks guys! Looks like the thread/pitch on the drain plug is either a 14x1.25 or a 14x1.5, does that sound correct?

Great replies, thanks to all who have posted so far. Debating Motorcraft vs M1 at the moment while searching for a magnetic plug.

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Thanks for the reply. It is just a dd, grocery getter etc. My only concern is the stop and go nature of her commute. She only drives about 5 miles a day during the week.

Just picked up a 2017 Fusion, 1.5 Ecoboost for the wife, Motorcraft or???

Great responses. Thanks for a civil discussion.

Interesting replies all- It seems there are to camps on this issue. 1: I drain the FF early and can easily see metal particulate in the drained oil. Whether catastrophic or not this cannot be good and is almost certainly bad for any engine's longevity. Whatever gain there might be from leaving...

Thanks for all the replies. Just picked up a 2017 f150 with the naturally aspirated 3.5. Conventional wisdom would dictate an early oil change, get the initial wear slag out of the motor. I have owned new (within the last 10 years) vehicles that the first oil drain looked like the finish on...

Obviously a topic that has been debated a number of times, not looking to rehash old arguments but to poll users here. If there were a "poll" option attached to starting a thread would have used that. With a new vehicle do you change the oil within 1k or go the full length of the OCI? Thanks...

Thanks for the post. Have almost 1800 miles on the truck now and hope to get everything changed out this weekend. Your comment on the magnets is exactly what I'm looking to avoid/mitigate.

Good info thanks!

"This is a worthless thing. Its like saying "What oil viscosity is best?" It depends on the application. Many wont work *AT ALL* in some applications. For example none on the list would work in a subaru MT. You would want redline 75w90NS not the redline MT series." You're partially...