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Break In Oil - change at 500mi or at 1,000mi?

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Hey all,

I'm wondering if I need to change my oil at 500mi or at 1,000mi?

Or, is break in oil not a thing anymore?

Thanks
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I feel 1000 mi / 1600 km is a good time for the initial oil change, yes.

Break-in oil is not required for these engines. Follow the recommended weights in the owners manual.

There are a lot of great brands available. Select an oil that meets or exceeds Ford's recommendations.

Enclosed are some references I posted previously.

https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/break-in-period-rpm.167805/#post-3370179
 
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Change at 1000 or 1500. Use full synthetic from then on. Always remember enjoy your vehicle. Cheers 🍻
 

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3000 for my new GT. Oil was still clean looking. 10 quarts Mobil 1 - a lot of oil for a car motor.
 


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I did mine at 1,200 miles and switched to full synthetic.
 

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Same, changed to full synthetic at 1000 miles and will be changing it again at 10,000 miles or whenever the oil life monitor approaches 0%.
 

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There's no break-in oil anymore. Changed mine at 2,200 miles only because it was Spring after I put it away for Winter.
 
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Thank you to all!
 

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I did mine at 2000km, normally I'd do it at 1500, but we were on a road trip.
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