98 4.6 ???

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Dec 22, 2010 | 03:21 PM

KingRanchCoy

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98 4.6 ???

I just purchased a 96 Lincoln with the 4.6 in it. Im about to change the oil in it and the oil cap says 5w30. Should i run this or did ford change the oil recomendations later on to 5w20? Thanks guy

edit I meant 96 for the title not 98.

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Dec 22, 2010 | 03:29 PM

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Either or. The older motors used a little bit different weight. to my knowledge ford switched to a different weight oil for more mpgs...

Dec 22, 2010 | 04:24 PM

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Either or. The older motors used a little bit different weight. to my knowledge ford switched to a different weight oil for more mpgs...

Yep

Dec 22, 2010 | 08:37 PM

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I believe the back spec goes back to 96 and earlier - you can use either. My son in law is using 5W30 in his 98 F-150 4.6 because it burns some oil, it has 170k on it.