Okay okay, so opening an out of the box oil discussion when talking about a Ford is a great way to accidentally cripple the forums for a brief period. This is not what i'm hoping this thread will turn into however i am curious if anyone has any better knowledge/experience with this than myself.
Alright, so to prefix this though here's the skinny on my toy. It's a 6.2L raptor with 215k miles. it's a first year truck that isn't particularly valuable compared to first year trucks with low miles, or 13+ trucks with all the updated comfort features. So yes, this experiment very well could cause wear in my 6.2L, but this thing is a play toy, and is no longer in its prime to begin with so here we go;
it gets run hard when i drive it. as in extended high RPM abuse, hard starts/stops, and gets idled like a diesel in the summer, this engine is about as bulletproof as anything, however. With it being at high miles, well broken in, and with summer around the corner, i am considering jumping up from 5w30 (current oil spec for 6.2's) to 5w50 Motorcraft Full synthetic. Now i've read the SVT threads stating that that oil shears pretty hard to a 5w30 basically anyways, so i really can't see where this is going to hurt my 6.2, since after i put that oil in, it's going to be going right back to getting ran hard.
However, i'm no genius, and i'm certainly not the most knowledgeable person on this forum, so here we go. Does anyone have any thoughts on potential risks in this situation? Ford Specs 5w50 in all of its engines that it predicts will get ran hard (from the focus RS to the 5.0 track packs, to the Ford GT) so clearly it thinks that engines that get overworked, and ran hot could use that little bit of extra protection.
just an out of the box thought that i havent been able to find any readings on
P.S - i don't think 5w50 belongs in a raptor that's still under warranty, or not ran hard, and i'm not trying to argue that point
Alright, so to prefix this though here's the skinny on my toy. It's a 6.2L raptor with 215k miles. it's a first year truck that isn't particularly valuable compared to first year trucks with low miles, or 13+ trucks with all the updated comfort features. So yes, this experiment very well could cause wear in my 6.2L, but this thing is a play toy, and is no longer in its prime to begin with so here we go;
it gets run hard when i drive it. as in extended high RPM abuse, hard starts/stops, and gets idled like a diesel in the summer, this engine is about as bulletproof as anything, however. With it being at high miles, well broken in, and with summer around the corner, i am considering jumping up from 5w30 (current oil spec for 6.2's) to 5w50 Motorcraft Full synthetic. Now i've read the SVT threads stating that that oil shears pretty hard to a 5w30 basically anyways, so i really can't see where this is going to hurt my 6.2, since after i put that oil in, it's going to be going right back to getting ran hard.
However, i'm no genius, and i'm certainly not the most knowledgeable person on this forum, so here we go. Does anyone have any thoughts on potential risks in this situation? Ford Specs 5w50 in all of its engines that it predicts will get ran hard (from the focus RS to the 5.0 track packs, to the Ford GT) so clearly it thinks that engines that get overworked, and ran hot could use that little bit of extra protection.
just an out of the box thought that i havent been able to find any readings on
P.S - i don't think 5w50 belongs in a raptor that's still under warranty, or not ran hard, and i'm not trying to argue that point
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