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Open Roads Forum  >  Tow Vehicles  > And I whined about the price of engine oil Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next Capt Skup • View posts Southern Maryland/Nantucket Senior Member Joined: 05/14/2004 View Profile Posted: 02/02/12 04:04pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Stopped by the local Ford dealer on the way home. Wanted to pick up this magical "Transfer Case FLuid" that Ford is now specifying in the owners manual. So I walk up to the parts counter and asked the young man for three quarts. By the way, how much a quart? That will be $10 a quart, sir. Holly mackeral. Yes, I know it is a safe bet that what is contained in that black plastic bottle is nothing more than some flavor of Mercon auto tranny fluid, but since the truck is still under the powertrain warranty it is always best to have receipts that show the proper lubricants are used. I was lucky that he sold it to me for the wholesale price of $8.50 a quart. With the price of this stuff and the price of Motorcraft SP/LV even do it yourself is getting expensive. I will be searching online for the next drain and fill. Capt Skup AD-1(AW)USNRet. Wonderful Wife,3 Daughters,2Goldens Gus&Riley "Never get in a battle of wits with an unarmed man" F-450 Lariat 4x4 Honda Odyssey EX-L SunlineF281SR SeaRay 240 Sundeck http://community.webshots.com/user/CaptSkup?vhost=community gbopp • View posts The Keystone State Senior Member Joined: 08/03/2008 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/02/12 04:09pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Stand by Capt Skup. I think it's going to get much worse. tmmar • View posts Nassau County, Long Island, NY Senior Member Joined: 09/03/2007 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/02/12 04:22pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It's not just Ford. GMC is requiring this new 'grade' of oil (Dexos) that is more expensive than some full synthetics. They say that it is because of the 'direct injection' fuel injection system. 2008 40' Forest River Berkshire DP Bunkhouse ScottG • View posts Bothell Wa. Senior Member Joined: 02/25/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/02/12 04:25pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Dodge too, about $12/qrt. Scott, Grace and Wesly 2003 Dodge 3500 4x4, 6 speed Cummins (lightly bombed), 2004 Forest River 25RKS many, many mods. H0NDA eu2000i shadows4 • View posts Kansas City, Mo Senior Member Joined: 04/15/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/02/12 04:33pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It's a conspiracy I tell ya!!!!! 2000 4X4 Excursion Limited 6.8V10, 4.30, 142,000 miles SCT X3 tuner by 5 Star tuning Hellwig Rear Sway Bar Roadmaster Active Suspension 2000 Coachmen 297 RKS 9500+lbs loaded Reese Dual Cam Sway Control coolbreeze01 • View posts Redding, Ca Senior Member Joined: 08/24/2006 View Profile Posted: 02/02/12 05:02pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Mopar 75-90 Synthetic was $30qt at the dealer.......Goosfraba 2008 Dodge 3500 CTD LB SRW 4X4 6-Speed Auto Prodigy P3, Blue Ox Sway Pro, 225 75R 15E Maxxis 2007 Komfort 212 Jarlaxle • View posts New England Senior Member Joined: 11/18/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/02/12 05:32pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Geez...Royal Purple is only $21 at Advance! Glad I don't need any of that special stuff...regular 75W-140 gear oil, Dexron-Mercon ATF, and regular oil from Wal-mart are just fine. John and Elizabeth (Liz), with 3 nutty cats My beloved St. Bernard, Marm, lost him 1/2/12 Current rig: 1992 International Genesis school bus conversion thomasmnile • View posts Deltona, Fl. Senior Member Joined: 05/14/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/02/12 05:32pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator coolbreeze01 wrote: Mopar 75-90 Synthetic was $30qt at the dealer.......Goosfraba Damn, and I thought Amsoil products were pricey! (And they are!!) jerem0621 • View posts SE Tennessee Senior Member Joined: 05/17/2009 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/02/12 05:37pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator My VW Jetta requires VW502 fully synthetic. Its about 10$ a quart and that little inline five uses about 6.2 quarts. TT: 1995 Layton 2910 Tow Vehicle: 1999 F-350, v10, , 2wd, Crew Cab, Dually Hitch: Draw-Tite Trunnion WD Hitch with Reese Dual-Cam sway control BenK • View posts SF BayArea Senior Member Joined: 04/18/2002 View Profile Posted: 02/02/12 05:47pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator shadows4 wrote: It's a conspiracy I tell ya!!!!! So true...when at SunLabs, one of the scientists said they only change a 'bit' of the spec to make it 'special' and is then a custom from their OEM lube supplier. Some times real metrics, but most times a marketing ploy to get more $$$$ He is a chem engineer at Chevron for decades till he had enough and we hired him The after market stuff is looking better all the time and the only criteria for me is that they certify compliance with whatever is on the label of the custom stuff Is Amsoil publicly traded? Thinking am going to buy some of their stock... Same thing happened to the hub assemblies. Started in the early 90's or so when Timken hatched a new product line where the hub/bearings/ABS sensor/etc were all 'one' piece so that the auto OEMs only ordered, stocked and installed 'one' component... Try buying just one or even both of the bearings... Over at my Sub forum a guy even took one apart. Found the bearing number impressed on the race. Contacted everyone he could and finally Timken. They acknowledged that, that number was a good one, but it was NOT available as a component for sale -Ben Picture of my rig 1996 GMC SLT Suburban 3/4 ton K3500/7.4L/4:1/+150Kmiles orig owner... 1980 Chevy Silverado C10/long bed/"BUILT" 5.7L/3:73/1 ton helper springs/+329Kmiles, bought it from dad... 1998 Mazda B2500 (1/2 ton) pickup, 2nd owner... Praise Dyno Brake equiped and all have "nose bleed" braking! Previous trucks/offroaders: 40's Jeep restored in mid 60's / 69 DuneBuggy (approx +1K lb: VW pan/200hpCorvair: eng, cam, dual carb'w velocity stacks'n 18" runners, 4spd transaxle) made myself from ground up / 1970 Toyota FJ40 / 1973 K5 Blazer (2dr Tahoe, 1 ton axles front/rear, +255K miles when sold it)... Sold the boat (looking for another): Trophy with twin 150's... 51 cylinders in household, what's yours?... Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next Open Roads Forum  >  Tow Vehicles  > And I whined about the price of engine oil

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