if ya live by a walmart (cant imagine anyone not living by a walmart) You can buy the motorcraft oil (semi synthetic)and the filter for under 20 bucks.. At least you could 3-4months ago when I bought it there..

 

well i do live near walmart. and my dad pretty sutbborn on how to do stuff on trucks. if you can find a way to get him to do stuff by the book WITHOUT pissin him off, im all ears.

 

Make sure pops is down for buying you a new engine when yours bites the dust.

 

Tell your dad this isn't the '20's, this isn't a Model T and he needs to come into the 21st century. Sounds like he'll be ticked no matter what you say, so just tell it like it is... He's dead wrong!

And by the way, that's not a jug of VALVOLINE and 1 qt. of MOTORCRAFT, it's A jug of MOTORCRAFT and 1 qt. of MOTORCRAFT. NOW you can tell your dad to put the oil can down and slowly back away. He'll swear you did something to it when HIS ****amamie oil concoction blows it up. Tell him to put the 15-40 in a diesel where IT belongs, the Lucas in the trash can where IT belongs and the Motorcraft 5-20 in the engine where IT belongs.

 

Too Thick Oil,

That oil viscaosity is meant for Diesels

The timing chain tensioners are hydraulic, you could lose valve timing.

I know about stubbon Dads, I had one. The best you could do is try to educate him without saying I told you so. Then hope for the best

Good Luck

 

Personally, - I think one who's set in their ways is more less narrow minded. To bad. But, maybe he just needs to hear it from someone else ? Or something else, - like his engine...

 

Maybe you should just tell him "I understand that you want to put thicker oil in but this is my truck and I want to do it this way. Id be happy to help you change your oil and put whatever kind of oil you want in your truck but this is mine." You don't have to re educate him just tell him you want to do things your way on your truck since it is yours after all.

 

I have a stubborn narrow minded father so Ive been through this kind of stuff. He wants to do things his way and I don't always agree with him but that doesn't mean we can't get along. But if he thinks its his way or the highway when he helps me work on my truck he is going to be informed otherwise, respectfully ofcourse.

 

Wait till hes not home go grab some MC oil and filter and do the oil change your self and let it be....

 

well i talked to him today and he said hed let me put in the oil i want. but he wants to wait till november. now i just gotta pray itll last till then. but he was pretty chill with him agreein to havin me use diff oil. i guess he realized how serious i take stuff. i treat that truck like its my baby.

 

haha i wouldnt consider it your truck, its basicly your dads u just get to drive it. he doesnt let u do anything with it haha

 

watever man. i still treat it like its min

 

mine

 

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hes gotten pissed at me not doin stuff with his permission. i rotated my tires on my ranger and he freaked on somethin like that