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How Often Should You Change Ford F-150 Oil and What's The Best Oil for F-150 Engine

How often do you guys change oil? asked one of the Ford F150 owner in F150 Ecoboost Owners Only Facebook group. Here is what many Ecoboost truck owners replied, sharing their experience. They also discuss the best oil type for their trucks engines.
Ford F-150 oil change interval

Some F 150 Ecoboost owners say they change the truck's oil at 3500-4000 miles. Some others say they change it every 5000 miles. "5000 to keep up with tire rotation," wrote one owner named Hustings.

However, another owner, named Eddie said he changes his Ford F150's oil every 3000 to 4000 miles. "Never want to go more than that due to direct injection and the turbos putting extra stress on it," he added to his reply.

"I figured I am close to 5000 miles. I think the book says close to 10,000 miles, which is a little long for me," wrote a group member Matthew.

I tried to find the owner's manual on Ford's website to read about the Ford F 150 Ecoboost oil change interval. Here it is. Know when to change your engine oil. In general, Ford Motor Company recommends the following oil change schedule:

  • 2008 and newer model-year vehicles: every 7,500 miles or every six months, whichever comes first.
  • 2007 and older model-year vehicles: every 5,000 miles or every six months, whichever comes first.

"I don't do oil analysis," wrote Steven in the group. "Just change the oil all the time more often than you'd like. Its relatively cheap and oil analysis are not concrete. You can have factors like one time running hot or days of sitting that added excessive water into the oil. Doing oil analysis to save money is why I inframe so many company vehicles that try to outsmart oil change intervals. You have really small turbos that need very crucial viscosity and lubricity to stay alive. Dont be cheap," he suggested. He also wrote that oil change is a good thing to do. No doubt and you can catch failures before they happen, but using them to justify running longer intervals is just asking for expensive problems.

What Oil To Use for F 150 Ecoboost - The Best Oil Type According To F-150 Ecoboost Owners

"I change my F-150 Ecoboost's oil every 5000 miles," writes David in the group. He says he uses Mobil one Ext , OEM motorcraft filter.

Another Ecoboost owner Steven says he changes his truck's oil every 5,000 miles and uses synthetic oil. "Oil life is not a cool thing to play with when you have small turbos and tight tolerances," he adds. Eric, another group member, agrees, writing "I thought so too. I changed every 3k with Mobil 1 and then switched to Amsoil and the oil looks amazing at 6k and still has life left just don't want to push it."

How often do you change your truck's oil, at what intervals and what kind of oil do you use for your F-150?

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Keith Lewis (not verified)    November 17, 2023 - 5:14PM

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I have a 2021 F150 3.5 and have been trying different intervals ranging from 3500 to 6000. Have used Ford synthetic blend with a small disappointment seeing in 5000 miles 3/4 a quart consumption on 3 oil changes @ 5000 miles.
I am now using Valvoline 5W30 synthetic blend, no consumption, I have put a can of molybdenum a retail shelf product, to increase lubricaty. I have decided that 3500-4000 miles will be the interval mainly because of the oil screens on the oil lines just before the turbos. The screens are not that big and need clean oil for the most part all the time.
To add a bit more I am a consultant for a specialty and high performance lubrication refinery, I had high hopes of using our 5W30 synthetic blend in this application to reduce oil changes and prolong life of parts, but not in this case until Ford comes up with something to trap or reduce carbon, keep in mind that carbon and moisture under high heat produces sulphuric acids in the oil, trying to exceed the recommended intervals is a no no for the eco boost .