GrySql Report post Posted October 8, 2013 I have set of those, cant get the car up them, the buggers keep moving! LOL Some great mind thought, hey why should we put rubber feet on the, they wont go anywhere. Yeah...........right.Duct tape'em to the cement floor. 1 corncobs reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acdii Report post Posted October 8, 2013 oh, so chiseling the groove for them in the concrete wasn't such a great idea? :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terryb Report post Posted October 10, 2013 I place mine against the edge of the garage floor which is about 1/2" higher than the driveway 2 Ryan Goodlett and Wingmn reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rollmeaway9 Report post Posted October 11, 2013 I just bought my FFH last month...I am a DiY'er. When I asked the salseman about changing the oil he said to me that I should be very careful because of the...as he put it "High Voltage wires" then can electrocute you if touched. I laughed to myself about that, and did not want to emabarass him in front of my wife. Since I am near the mileage for an oil change (I drive a lot)...has anyone heard of any safety precasautions for doing any general maintenance with regardds to the Hybrid system? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Sessum Report post Posted October 11, 2013 I just bought my FFH last month...I am a DiY'er. When I asked the salseman about changing the oil he said to me that I should be very careful because of the...as he put it "High Voltage wires" then can electrocute you if touched. I laughed to myself about that, and did not want to emabarass him in front of my wife. Since I am near the mileage for an oil change (I drive a lot)...has anyone heard of any safety precasautions for doing any general maintenance with regardds to the Hybrid system? You get your first oil change free at the purchasing dealership. Id use it, its free after all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thavil Report post Posted October 12, 2013 You get your first oil change free at the purchasing dealership. Id use it, its free after all. Not all dealers offer a free first oil change, mine didn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Sessum Report post Posted October 12, 2013 I could have sworn that was a Ford program and the dealer who sold u the car was the only one who could it to get the credit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murphy Report post Posted October 12, 2013 Not all dealers offer a free first oil change, mine didn't.Neither did mine. Sounds like a ploy to get you in so they can try to sell you something else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Sessum Report post Posted October 12, 2013 Just looked on the owner advantage rewards website. When you purchase a vehicle and it gets registered ford puts a free oil change on that vehicle for use only at the purchasing dealership. So it is something you get free as a reward from ford for purchasing. Did your dealership register you for it? I got my cards about 3 weeks after purchasing direct from ford and they mentioned my free oil change. But i got everything included till 50k miles so ill get that one after the 50k change i guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murphy Report post Posted October 12, 2013 All of the dealers around here have dropped out of the Owner Advantage program. My previous dealer dropped the program in the summer of 2009. My current dealer dropped the program in March of this year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corncobs Report post Posted October 12, 2013 My dealer is also not part of the Owners Avantage Program but my first oil change was free as part of the purchase. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Sessum Report post Posted October 12, 2013 I guess that would make sense than. Only the big truck dealership here isnt a member of that and I figured that was because they couldnt sell regular vehicles just SUVs and trucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thavil Report post Posted October 12, 2013 Just logged onto my Owners Advantage account for the first time I think. I do have a $14.40 credit for service that I didn't know about. For oil changes though, I see that I have one of four oil change purchases needed to get a free oil change. Nothing about that my first one should have been free. Can't complain though, my first The Works oil change at $39.99 came with a $10.00 rebate. Came out cheaper than Wally World! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrySql Report post Posted October 13, 2013 The $39.00 The Works oil change at my Dealer used partial synthetic oil, I wanted full synthetic, just my preference. That would have been free on my first oil change.I bought a 5 qt jug of Mobil 1 at Wally world and had them use that, so my net oil change cost was the $25 for the Mobil 1, they provided the Motorcraft filter.Plus, because I gave them the 5 qt jug of oil there was no issue of overfilling. 1 thavil reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kuzzi Report post Posted October 13, 2013 I learned something interesting about synthetics a couple of days ago when looking to change oil brands on the bike. Turns out Mobil1 uses a partial amount of Dino oil and can still call it full synthetic due to some SAE standards or something. The only real full synthetics are AMSOil and a couple others. Here is the article: http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html 1 GrySql reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrySql Report post Posted October 13, 2013 I learned something interesting about synthetics a couple of days ago when looking to change oil brands on the bike. Turns out Mobil1 uses a partial amount of Dino oil and can still call it full synthetic due to some SAE standards or something. The only real full synthetics are AMSOil and a couple others. Here is the article: http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.htmlWhen I find something that works I stick with it, which is my problem here.However, now that I have read the article you linked to I can feel good about re-cycling my oil and saving the children from walking to school because their school buses can use the re-conditioned synthetic oil. That is wonderful, I am completely satisfied now about my costly choice in oils. ;) Nice article, thank you, always good to learn something new. 1 gkinla reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Sessum Report post Posted October 13, 2013 Some vehicles aren't designed for synthetic.. A good example of that is the new power stroke. I asked my dealership here and they said they would get in trouble for putting full synthetic if something happened under warranty. Don't know the reasoning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acdii Report post Posted October 15, 2013 Diesels tend to consume some oil, and maybe the full synthetics cause issues with the injectors and emissions post exhaust. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Sessum Report post Posted October 15, 2013 As far as I know the new 6.7 doesn't. If anything a little diesel gets into the oil. It filled a 15qt oil pan than some when I changed the oil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acdii Report post Posted October 15, 2013 I ran Shell Rotella in the 7.3, and got 10K between changes, could have gone longer with a remote filter setup. From that experience going synthetic would have been a waste. With the bypass filter setup and full synthetic, you can only get about 20K, but at more than twice the price of the dino, which could see 15K with the bypass. In the gas engines though, going full synthetic is well worth the price. I'm considering Royal Purple for the next oil change on the Flex, but sticking with Motorcraft semi on the HyTi, it doesn't run hard enough to warrant it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clummus Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Does anyone know how to reset the oil life warning? When they changed my oil at 7000 miles they didn't reset it, and now it is telling me to change my oil soon at 9700 miles. I know I could take it by there, but wondered if any of you had reset it yourself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie Sessum Report post Posted October 21, 2013 It's in the left screen under vehicle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaleido Report post Posted October 22, 2013 Not all dealers offer a free first oil change, mine didn't.Mine offers the first oil change FREE, and every oil change after that is half price for as long as you own the car. Half price is $22.50 ! I couldn't buy the oil and filter for that price, plus they fill the windshield washers and check tire pressure and check all the fluids. Just got it done today 1 corncobs reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vangonebuy Report post Posted November 13, 2013 DIY 8500 first change.Oil looked dirty, but not black.Motorcraft oil filter and semi syn oil. Just to keep it warranty aligned..The undermotor cover came off pretty easy,, But raising the car with a hydralic jack was a pain.. The bottom has few jack points and the FFH is very low to the ground.Ramps would be best. If I could get a discounted oil change next time. I probably will. 1 Wingmn reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murphy Report post Posted November 13, 2013 If you buy ramps get the low profile version. My old steel ramps, that I've had at least 30 years, didn't work. The bumper hit the ramp while the tire was still a foot away from the ramp. They worked fine on my 2010 Fusion. 2 Wingmn and vangonebuy reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
