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    Quote Originally Posted by nelyoung View Post
    Your car bro is still new having less than 30K odo. my thoughts is stick to the good quality oil along with good quality oil filter. good oil goes hand in hand with A1 filter. what's the use of using good oil if there are filtration issues..?
    I actually agree which is why id still like to stick to full synthetic and oil and oil filter change every 6 months.

    So far what im already looking at is amsoil OE 5w-30 with a motorcraft filter from banawe

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabaw View Post
    I actually agree which is why id still like to stick to full synthetic and oil and oil filter change every 6 months.

    So far what im already looking at is amsoil OE 5w-30 with a motorcraft filter from banawe
    It's a waste to replace high quality oil such as Amsoil every 6 months with 5k kms or about 3k miles. Don't overthink it man! Change it every 6 months with conventional oil or every 12 months with synthetic.

    But hey, it's your money and time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wave24/7 View Post
    It's a waste to replace high quality oil such as Amsoil every 6 months with 5k kms or about 3k miles. Don't overthink it man! Change it every 6 months with conventional oil or every 12 months with synthetic.

    But hey, it's your money and time.
    may taong ganyan.
    yung mga oil change boys na nga ang nagtataka,
    "maam, malinis pa po ang oil ninyo... sigurado ba kayo.."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wave24/7 View Post
    It's a waste to replace high quality oil such as Amsoil every 6 months with 5k kms or about 3k miles. Don't overthink it man! Change it every 6 months with conventional oil or every 12 months with synthetic.

    But hey, it's your money and time.
    Unless your car's engine requires fully synthetic oil only. You have no choice but stick to its needs. With my Fiesta Ecoboost before, I just change oil every 10k km and it covers a period of around 12 months.

    Buti pa VW cars, change oil (FS only) every 15k km or 12 months.

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    ^
    I’m not really sure if his car requires a synthetic oil, but still, it’s just wasteful to dump expensive (but great) oil like Amsoil every 6 months or 2,500-3k km.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wave24/7 View Post
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    IÂ’m not really sure if his car requires a synthetic oil, but still, itÂ’s just wasteful to dump expensive (but great) oil like Amsoil every 6 months or 2,500-3k km.


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    Based on the initial post, the car is a 2013 Ford Focus 2.0L. The powerplant is a direct-injected (Ti-VCT GDI) gas engine. Based on Ford manuals, the engine requires a synthetic blend oil with 5w20 viscosity with the Ford's WSS-M2C945-A specifications. This is the same oil requirement as the Ecoboost engines. The alternative is any FS 5w30 oil with API SN Plus or Resource Conserving or ILSAC GF-5 specification.

    The Motorcraft 5w30 FS oil will do just fine for his needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Egan101 View Post
    Based on the initial post, the car is a 2013 Ford Focus 2.0L. The powerplant is a direct-injected (Ti-VCT GDI) gas engine. Based on Ford manuals, the engine requires a synthetic blend oil with 5w20 viscosity with the Ford's WSS-M2C945-A specifications. This is the same oil requirement as the Ecoboost engines. The alternative is any FS 5w30 oil with API SN Plus or Resource Conserving or ILSAC GF-5 specification.

    The Motorcraft 5w30 FS oil will do just fine for his needs.
    Just basing it off the manual, The Thailand SEA focuses (at least the 2013 mk3 2.0 gdi variant) requires an oil that meets the wss-m2c913-c specification. If that's not available it needs a sae 5w-30 acea a5/B5 oil. 5w-20s are what they recommend I think for US focus models (probably more to do with their weather?)

    But yeah I've heard good things about the Motorcraft oils too (380/l at Banawe)

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabaw View Post
    Just basing it off the manual, The Thailand SEA focuses (at least the 2013 mk3 2.0 gdi variant) requires an oil that meets the wss-m2c913-c specification. If that's not available it needs a sae 5w-30 acea a5/B5 oil. 5w-20s are what they recommend I think for US focus models (probably more to do with their weather?)

    But yeah I've heard good things about the Motorcraft oils too (380/l at Banawe)
    I guess it’s the best choice to go with the Motorcraft 5w30 oil. It meets the requirements of your car’s engine and your wallet. Hehehe


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wave24/7 View Post
    It's a waste to replace high quality oil such as Amsoil every 6 months with 5k kms or about 3k miles. Don't overthink it man! Change it every 6 months with conventional oil or every 12 months with synthetic.

    But hey, it's your money and time.
    I'm just following the manual that states that oil change should be every 10k kms or every 6 months whichever comes first. I was thinking of doing once a year but after asking around and even dojng some basic googling that it's still recommended to change it 2x a year with my type of driving (water doesn't get out enough, etc etc).

    The amsoil oe is about 50 bucks more expensive than the Motorcraft one (425 vs 380) and 40 bucks more expensive than a Castrol semi synthetic (around 388?)which is why I was considering it. To clarify its the amsoil oe, not the signature series (675/l)
    I do feel as I am probably overthinking it lol, it's just that it'll be my first oil change outside casa which is why I'm trying to get as much info as I can. At this point I'm trying to find a good filter thatll fit the car as well (most likely a Motorcraft one since they're relatively good priced at about 350-400)

    Regardless, I do appreciate the input and any advice alot, so thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabaw View Post
    I'm just following the manual that states that oil change should be every 10k kms or every 6 months whichever comes first. I was thinking of doing once a year but after asking around and even dojng some basic googling that it's still recommended to change it 2x a year with my type of driving (water doesn't get out enough, etc etc).

    The amsoil oe is about 50 bucks more expensive than the Motorcraft one (425 vs 380) and 40 bucks more expensive than a Castrol semi synthetic (around 388?)which is why I was considering it. To clarify its the amsoil oe, not the signature series (675/l)
    I do feel as I am probably overthinking it lol, it's just that it'll be my first oil change outside casa which is why I'm trying to get as much info as I can. At this point I'm trying to find a good filter thatll fit the car as well (most likely a Motorcraft one since they're relatively good priced at about 350-400)

    Regardless, I do appreciate the input and any advice alot, so thank you!
    A 2x a year change oil interval may suggest cleaner (and more protected) internal engine.

    A higher grade, performance motor oil may also result to the above mentioned sentence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wave24/7 View Post
    It's a waste to replace high quality oil such as Amsoil every 6 months with 5k kms or about 3k miles. Don't overthink it man! Change it every 6 months with conventional oil or every 12 months with synthetic.

    But hey, it's your money and time.
    Makes sense. anyway if your mileage ave is around 5k per year and your driving habits are gentle. You're still on the safe side kasi 50% lang ng supposed drain interval period nag palit ka na ng oil.

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