Tazzboo Report post Posted October 4, 2009 Hello everybody. Well call me OCD I couldn't wait to work on my FFH. I just didn't feel right letting the first oil change go to 10,000 miles.So I took the plundge. Got out the owners manual and looked up what the oil filter number was. Along with how many quarts of oil that was needed. Off to Wal-mart I went. Bought the Motorcraft FL-2017B filter that was listed on Page 297 of the owners manual. Also picked up 5 quarts of Mobil 1 5w-20. Got home and started to pull the panels off under the car. Ford has both panels clearly labeled. You need a 7mm and a 10mm to pull them off. Along with a 13mm for the Oil Drain plug. Well to my surprise there was a Metal Can Oil filter on the engine. Not the paper filter with two o-rings that is listed in the manual. So I looked at the side of the filter and it said FL-910. So to all of you out there. YOUR OWNERS MANUAL MAY be wrong. At least on mine it is. Just wanted to let everybody know to check before they go out and buy the wrong filter based on the manual. Advance Auto also listed the correct filter of FL-910 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveM Report post Posted October 4, 2009 Hello everybody. Well call me OCD I couldn't wait to work on my FFH. I just didn't feel right letting the first oil change go to 10,000 miles.So I took the plundge. Got out the owners manual and looked up what the oil filter number was. Along with how many quarts of oil that was needed. Off to Wal-mart I went. Bought the Motorcraft FL-2017B filter that was listed on Page 297 of the owners manual. Also picked up 5 quarts of Mobil 1 5w-20. Got home and started to pull the panels off under the car. Ford has both panels clearly labeled. You need a 7mm and a 10mm to pull them off. Along with a 13mm for the Oil Drain plug. Well to my surprise there was a Metal Can Oil filter on the engine. Not the paper filter with two o-rings that is listed in the manual. So I looked at the side of the filter and it said FL-910. So to all of you out there. YOUR OWNERS MANUAL MAY be wrong. At least on mine it is. Just wanted to let everybody know to check before they go out and buy the wrong filter based on the manual. Advance Auto also listed the correct filter of FL-910the online manual also says the same as yours Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarleyJoel Report post Posted October 5, 2009 Thank you for the info. I'm not going to let it go to 10,000 miles either and I will be doing my own oil change with Mobil 1 also. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rfruth Report post Posted October 5, 2009 Thanks really but I have a couple questions - 5w 20 oil, shouldn't it be 5w 30 or do you want the thin stuff for winter, also since the 1st change is free (minus tax, recycling, tire rotation & whatever else the dealership can come up with) why not go that route ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tazzboo Report post Posted October 5, 2009 Thanks really but I have a couple questions - 5w 20 oil, shouldn't it be 5w 30 or do you want the thin stuff for winter, also since the 1st change is free (minus tax, recycling, tire rotation & whatever else the dealership can come up with) why not go that route ?Again call me OCD. :sos: I like/enjoy working on my own cars/trucks. So for me to get dirty its not a problem. I can always use the first oil change if I want at 10,000 miles. Ford Specs 5w-20 oil in the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Also stated on the Oil filler cap. Ford went with 5w-20 a while back to help them meet CTAF regs or something like that. Even Honda is doing it now. The new Prius is also speced for 5w-20. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srstang Report post Posted October 5, 2009 Just did the first change on my 2.5L tonight @ 7500 miles. Will probably change over to Mobil 1 at 10M... Also a FL-910 Filter... Strange that the Hybrid manual calls for something else... I like the fact that the filter is upright and drains pretty easily! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rfruth Report post Posted October 5, 2009 It IS 5w 20 (not that I doubted you :finger:) - I was in a auto parts store the other day (getting some car wash soap) and thought to myself the smart thing to do would be to get a quart of oil & put it in the trunk just in case but didn't, good thing cause I would have got the wrong weight ! (not that 1 quart would make that much difference) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twiggy144 Report post Posted October 5, 2009 Again call me OCD. :sos: I like/enjoy working on my own cars/trucks. So for me to get dirty its not a problem. I can always use the first oil change if I want at 10,000 miles. Ford Specs 5w-20 oil in the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Also stated on the Oil filler cap. Ford went with 5w-20 a while back to help them meet CTAF regs or something like that. Even Honda is doing it now. The new Prius is also speced for 5w-20. It is called CAFE, for Corporate Average Fuel Economy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HarleyJoel Report post Posted October 5, 2009 5W-20 is the way to go. Mobil 1 is a group 4, fully synthetic oil whereas I'm guessing that the Motorcraft semi-synthetic that the factory uses is probably a group 3. I'm wondering if it'll make any noticeable difference with fuel economy or not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tazzboo Report post Posted October 5, 2009 It is called CAFE, for Corporate Average Fuel Economy.I was close, I new it was something like that. LOL Thank You for gettin me straight. :happy feet: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
