The "Idling Rule" with Turbo-Charged Vehicles

[BlancNoir]

Nope, I bring it to Subaru BGC but I bring my own motor oil. QC is too far away for us south metro folks. Hehehehe

I use Motorcraft 5w30 fully synthetic as I can get it at a good price. It meets both the oil requirement of the Fox Ecoboost and FA20 engines. Surprisingly, the Fox Ecoboost (1.0L) uses the same volume of oil (5L) as the FA20.

Nope, I haven't tried driving hard my FXT with the blue indicator on. I did encounter a whirring sound when i pressed down hard on the accelerator a few minutes after the blue light turned off (as I was getting on to Sucat after I exited the subdivision).

Interesting! same amount of oil.

Yes, wag na natin gawin yun next time. hahaha

[Egan101]

Interesting! same amount of oil.

Yes, wag na natin gawin yun next time. hahaha

Not exactly the same. The Fox Ecoboost requires 4 and a half liters of oil while the FA20 is almost 5L but half a liter is a small difference. Ford designed the Fox Ecoboost engine to have a big oil sump. That's a lot of oil for a small 1.0L engine.

No whirring sound on the Fox Ecoboost engine on cold starts but there is a lot of turbo lag when the engine is not yet properly warmed up.

[monty_GTV]

Stick to synthetic if your car is turbocharged.

Also, avoid changing oil brands and types. Stick to one formulation.

IIRC, i only changed brands once, from motul to redline. And i plan to use redline na from now on.

OT: i started with casa oil for the 1st and 2nd PMS, then switched to RP Oil and used for a bit long, then i tried Delo for a while, switched to Motul CRDI, and now settled with Zix Performance supplied oil so far so good, no issues related to oil used. btw, where to find Redline? Autotech ba? masubukan nga din...

[yebo]

Redline 5w30 is SN/SM/SL/SJ/SH/SG/CF and ACEA A3/B3/B4, GM dexos1® (GM-LL-A-025, GM6094M and GM4718M), BMW LL-01. It also meets Ford WSS-M2C946-A. Di yata pwede sa eve which requires ACEA A5/B5.

[Walter]

a few minutes after the blue light turned off.

When the blue light indicator turns off, it usually means the engine (coolant) temperature has normalized but the engine oil is still not up to optimal temperature ...