Hello all
I recently purchased a 1996 Lincoln town car 4.6 2v. I already bought a fram ultra xg2 as the filter. I'm looking for oil recommendations. I've got a stash of Euro 5w40 oil and also some Rotella t6 5w40. My hyundai veracruz seems to like the thicker oil. It has over 223k miles on it so that may be why. The Lincoln has 138k miles on it and the engine runs great so far. I'm not going with the Ford 5w20 recommended viscosity. I'm thinking maybe a decent but not overly expensive 5w30 or maybe just using some of the 5w40 I currently have stashed away. The car will get mostly interstate miles due to my job. I'm trying to mix driving that and my veracruz to keep some miles off the SUV. Open to any suggestions or reasons as to why I shouldn't just use 5w40 as that's what I have laying around.
I recently purchased a 1996 Lincoln town car 4.6 2v. I already bought a fram ultra xg2 as the filter. I'm looking for oil recommendations. I've got a stash of Euro 5w40 oil and also some Rotella t6 5w40. My hyundai veracruz seems to like the thicker oil. It has over 223k miles on it so that may be why. The Lincoln has 138k miles on it and the engine runs great so far. I'm not going with the Ford 5w20 recommended viscosity. I'm thinking maybe a decent but not overly expensive 5w30 or maybe just using some of the 5w40 I currently have stashed away. The car will get mostly interstate miles due to my job. I'm trying to mix driving that and my veracruz to keep some miles off the SUV. Open to any suggestions or reasons as to why I shouldn't just use 5w40 as that's what I have laying around.