5k on oil, 150k (!) on car. Still rolling good, yadda-yadda-yadda.....
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2003 Taurus 3.0 5k on 5w-20 Max Life
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I have one with 160,000 miles been doing 8000 mile oil changes on syn for years.
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Is it a Vulcan or Duratech?
Seems like a "stouter" add pack than I remember from Valvoline. Any additives added to the oil by you? Great report though the MotorCraft did really well too. Just run the cheapest out of them.
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Those Vulcans can run forever with decent regular care. Nothing "special" is needed; just routine OCIs. The engine will outlast the car. I've had two of them. My sister got rid of my first one with more than 270k miles on it. Ran great. Car (1992 Taurus) was falling apart.
This UOA is nothing special, and I mean that in a complimetary way. It's "normal" for these to run this good.
This UOA is nothing special, and I mean that in a complimetary way. It's "normal" for these to run this good.
Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Seems like a "stouter" add pack than I remember from Valvoline. Any additives added to the oil by you? Great report though the MotorCraft did really well too. Just run the cheapest out of them.
The MaxLife line of oils have a little more in them than the regular Valvoline line.
Seems like a "stouter" add pack than I remember from Valvoline. Any additives added to the oil by you? Great report though the MotorCraft did really well too. Just run the cheapest out of them.
The MaxLife line of oils have a little more in them than the regular Valvoline line.
My Vulcan was running great when the car disintegrated from rust at 75k miles!
They're a good engine, though. On the later FWD models with the camshaft sensor instead of the distributor/rotor/cap setup, you need to pay attention to chirping coming from the left side. The cam sensor is driven from the oil pump drive. When they go bad, they chirp. They will eventually break, causing the oil pump to not turn. And that's not good.
They're a good engine, though. On the later FWD models with the camshaft sensor instead of the distributor/rotor/cap setup, you need to pay attention to chirping coming from the left side. The cam sensor is driven from the oil pump drive. When they go bad, they chirp. They will eventually break, causing the oil pump to not turn. And that's not good.
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Originally Posted By: Miller88
My Vulcan was running great when the car disintegrated from rust at 75k miles!
They're a good engine, though. On the later FWD models with the camshaft sensor instead of the distributor/rotor/cap setup, you need to pay attention to chirping coming from the left side. The cam sensor is driven from the oil pump drive. When they go bad, they chirp. They will eventually break, causing the oil pump to not turn. And that's not good.
How very true; had that happen to my 1996 and had to do that very repair myself. Caught mine immediately upon the chirping. It's been awhile ago; as I recall I had to buy an alignment tool from Napa to set the timing correctly, but it wasn't expensive and I used a Haynes manual for the info. I still have that tool tucked away somewhere ...
My Vulcan was running great when the car disintegrated from rust at 75k miles!
They're a good engine, though. On the later FWD models with the camshaft sensor instead of the distributor/rotor/cap setup, you need to pay attention to chirping coming from the left side. The cam sensor is driven from the oil pump drive. When they go bad, they chirp. They will eventually break, causing the oil pump to not turn. And that's not good.
How very true; had that happen to my 1996 and had to do that very repair myself. Caught mine immediately upon the chirping. It's been awhile ago; as I recall I had to buy an alignment tool from Napa to set the timing correctly, but it wasn't expensive and I used a Haynes manual for the info. I still have that tool tucked away somewhere ...
Nice report.
Yes, it's a 3.0 Vulcan. It's a motor that simply isn't very hard on oil. I had used Mobil 1 initially (we got it with only 16k on it) but after I got UOA's with M1 and Motorcraft that were nearly identical I went with Motorcraft. It leaks a little bit now but runs like a top. Max Life this time because I had rotator cuff surgery a few months ago and wasn't up to changing oil so the wife took it to the Valvoline Qwicky Lube.
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