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 a bass boat. So I definitely see that there can be a benefit to an early change.
At the same time I understand that engines are built with tighter and tighter tolerances and a certain amount of assembly lube gets diluted into that ff, providing more ZDDP, Molly etc for the initial oci.
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 a bass boat. So I definitely see that there can be a benefit to an early change.
At the same time I understand that engines are built with tighter and tighter tolerances and a certain amount of assembly lube gets diluted into that ff, providing more ZDDP, Molly etc for the initial oci.
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