Anyone out there know if the FG series are running the same oil filters as the series before and what are the best quality brands? What are the K&N gold oil filters like if anyone has used them?

Can't believe ford doesn't do an oil change in their service till 15000km, that's criminal! I want to drop all my oils at 5000km (engine, gearbox and diff) just to get rid of any stray metal filings or particles that are worn off the new parts/gears in the initial running in period just for peace of mind.

What oil should I run after the run in period as the handbook says castrol gxt professional mineral based oil till 15000km, and then synthetic after for the v8 but nothing about synthetic for the turbo 6 after run in?

im interested in this too

Same as BF, not the same as BA...it used the old Z9 filter

Ford - AFL-101

Ryco - Z516

Volvoline - V075

Picked up four from Ford for about $30 from memory

Anyone out there know if the FG series are running the same oil filters as the series before and what are the best quality brands? What are the K&N gold oil filters like if anyone has used them?

Can't believe ford doesn't do an oil change in their service till 15000km, that's criminal! I want to drop all my oils at 5000km (engine, gearbox and diff) just to get rid of any stray metal filings or particles that are worn off the new parts/gears in the initial running in period just for peace of mind.

What oil should I run after the run in period as the handbook says castrol gxt professional mineral based oil till 15000km, and then synthetic after for the v8 but nothing about synthetic for the turbo 6 after run in?

I agree 15k between oil changes is a joke.

I run the repco semi synthetic (manufactured by mobil) and change it every 5000kms. Runs perfect and never ever does the brief tap tap tap sound when stone cold like the "famed" mobil 1 fully synthetic used to. Way cheaper too.