Be advised that the 2000 and 2001 have the exact same engine, the only difference is the intercooler and intake. The reason Ford switched to 5w20 (fleet wide, I might add) is to try and eek out every last bit of gas mileage humanly possible. 5w20 is fine, but 5w30 is just as fine. When I switched to 5w30, my engine got quieter and my MPG went down, to the tune of approx. 1 MPG.

 

I'm a Royal Purple kinda guy 5w-30.

FRITZ, Stock Silver 2001 "L" BaBolt's s/s tips

 

SMJayman, you really lost 1 MPG? That sucks! I didn't think it would make that much of a difference. 13 or 12 MPG, I guess is really don't matter anyway!

 

Definately go with a full synthetic for best motor protection (startup and more resistance to breakdown). Mobil 1, Castrol and so on are fine. You will pay big dollars over the long run for the premium oils (Redline and Amsoil) though. I have had 5w-30 Redline in my truck since 5000km so I don't know about that having to wait to 10k miles to change to a synthetic. It seems to be a truck to truck thing.

 

I changed to full synthetic Mobil 1 5w-30 this morning...No marbles here. If anything it sounds like she runs smoother

 

Yep. I got 11.54 MPG out of the last tankful... I don't go to WOT much, but I do dip into the boost a lot, and that sucks down the gas like a bizzotch...

 

I personally feel that the 5w20 thing is garbage, but Honda has jumped onto it too. My truck only has 600 miles on it now, so it still has the original factory oil and filter. I have run nothing but Amsoil Series 2000 0w30 on any vehicle that i've ever owned. I will change my oil probably between 1500-2000 miles with Motorcraft 5w30 dino oil, with an Amsoil filter, but then at 4500-5000 miles, I plan on completely changing over to Amsoil Series 2000 0w30. The Lightning is equiped with an auxiliary engine oil cooler, therefore even with dino oil, it should manage to do pretty good. I feel that synthetics offer a lot, which is why I run nothing but the best synthetics. Why buy a $32590 truck, and then use regular oil on it, especially if you plan on holding onto it for a while? These Lightnings are special trucks, and deserve the best for the countless hours of fun they give us. It's absolutely priceless watching the expression on the faces of ricers after they realized they got beat by a pickup truck!

 

Mobil 1 15w-50 is the factory fill for the Ford Mustang Cobra R Mobil 1 15W-50 I have been using 5W-30 but I think I will try 15W-50 for the summer (racing) season.

 

AMSOILS XL-7500 and a Extended life (7000 mile) mobil one filter,see I cover my as- I use both......amsoil and mobil 1 products

 

To run AMSOIL about the same as Mobil 1 if not cheaper and I think it's a better oil at least the tests I have seen on them and the oil analazation I have sent in to AMSOIL of my oil out of my truck. If you need or want to get Amsoil cheap as possible drop me an e-mail at RA6870@msn.com with your adress and I can send you form to become a prefered customer and get the oil for less than 5.oo a quart and good synthetic filters for less than 10.00. Plus you can get a oil analazation kit and they will analyze you oil for you and tell you everything about it. I do it after every oil change. also the oil after 7,500 miles still looks new also they have a 25,000 mile oil also. Alot of people use the 0W-30 Race oil from AMSOIL. ( I don't make any money on this I just do it to help people get a good oil at a good price without paying full retail you pay all monies to AMSOIL it's like Sam's club you pay a $10.00 membership fee to join and get it at this price, I just have a small shop here in Tx and and have a dealership status from them and can get you the form to get a prefered status or dealer status if you want sell it or just help out other people who want to get it.) Just my .02 cents worth for this early morning!!!

AMSOIL PRICING:
5W-20 $4.15 QT
5W-30 $4.15 QT
10W-30 $4.15 QT
0W-30 $6.30 QT
FULL FLOW FILTERS $7.15 TO $13.75
TRANNIE FLUID $5.70 QT

 

Yeah it is expensive!!!

Up here they want 17.99/qt for 5w-30 Redline. I get it shipped up from Iowa (where ever that is) for 7.99/qt. By the time I pay exchange and shipping it's still costing me about 15 bucks/qt so I buy at least 24 qt's at a time to save on shipping. So yeah $360 bucks for oil is a little steep. Thanks for the offer for the Amsoil and though I know it's a good oil also I'll stick with the Redline.

 

Just here to help out all L owners get good oil and filters at good prices!!! I don't make any money off of it just here to help. I did it so I could get better pricing on oil for myself for my L and help people get the form so they can get the oil them self straight from Amsoil and cut out any middle man trying to make a big bucks on the mark up!!

 

Redline 10w30 synthetic and K&N Gold oil filter.

49k miles and still running strong!

 

Of redline oil is it a North thing??
where do you get it I have never seen it here in Texas or ever heard of it until here just recently. It is mostly Amsoil,Royal Purple,& Mobil 1 Here in Houston.

 

Here in Hawaii I get my Mobil 1 from Costco @ $22 for 6 qts. and my FL-820s @ Wal mart for $3.00.