First oil change--checked the oil next day and it was barely above the min mark

[Frogdog1]

I plan on going in to the dealership Monday and find out what is going on.
The bring your own oil approach will be something we talk about...I do that now with our Porsche so if that dealership is ok with it, so should Ford .

If your dealership isn't OK, your Porche dealer will probably work with you. My Honda dealer works with me on Toyotas because my Toyota dealer is horrible, as in a terminated relationship.

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[bountifulgoose]

Checking levels is very easy and it enables you to be aware of problems before they become major. It's well worth learning how.

Checking your oil isnt nearly as easy if you have a strut brace and ford catch cans hahaha. Takes me an extra 5 minutes everytime I check it.

 

[LouG]

I've got the brace, no catch cans. And I check it cold.

 

[Starship Enterprise]

Checking your oil isnt nearly as easy if you have a strut brace and ford catch cans hahaha. Takes me an extra 5 minutes everytime I check it.

I don’t know how much the catch cans interfere with the dipstick, but the tower brace isn’t too bad once I figured out the trick to it.

The dipstick just pulls up to the side of the brace, but when putting it back, have the flat side of the stick face the engine, and lay it across the top of the engine parallel underneath the brace. Guide the end of the stick in …and it just curls into the tube super easy.

The trick is laying the dipstick completely under the brace in the same direction across the engine.

 

[bountifulgoose]

I don’t know how much the catch cans interfere with the dipstick, but the tower brace isn’t too bad once I figured out the trick to it.

The dipstick just pulls up to the side of the brace, but when putting it back, have the flat side of the stick face the engine, and lay it across the top of the engine parallel underneath the brace. Guide the end of the stick in …and it just curls into the tube super easy.

The trick is laying the dipstick completely under the brace in the same direction across the engine.

The driver side catch can fully blocks the dipstick, you have to disconnect the catch can and pull it out so you can then do the strut brace trick.

 

[Starship Enterprise]

Oh ouch. I might have this wrong, but the driver’s side is the “clean side” for catch cans, and many just put one on the passenger side which for some reason catches much more. I have that right?

 

[Lord Haw-Haw]

I had the opposite experience with my ecoboost. I paid for a full synthetic at 4200 miles and got the car home and later checked the oil - it was over a quart overfilled. Red line shows the oil level.

But then - the dealer sent out a mobile tech, fixed it, and my next oil change will be free plus a tank of gas. (I’ll take it in on a 1/4 tank). Dealer sent me several messages and calls of acknowledgment and apology.

So I’m OK with that but must remember - Trust - But Verfy!

TRUST IS GOOD, CONTROL IS BETTER.

 

[bountifulgoose]

Oh ouch. I might have this wrong, but the driver’s side is the “clean side” for catch cans, and many just put one on the passenger side which for some reason catches much more. I have that right?

That is correct, you will get very little in the driver side. Ford performance told me to run them both so I did.

 

[MMM981]

Finally got the car in front of the service writer to resolve the low oil level.
I told him it looks like I'm down a full quart of oil and has the car taken into the service area and looked by the tech that did the oil change.
15 minutes later the service writer said it was actually down a 1/2 qt. rather than full qt. When asked how this happened, he just said the tech just made a mistake.
After I got the car home I checked the oil level and it was right at the top of the cross hatched band on the stick. Before today's visit, it was at the lowest part of the band.
So , if I was to believe the service writer, nearly the whole cross hatched band equals 1/2 qt of oil...very hard to believe.

Next, I asked about why my calls weren't returned and he said his phone somehow was put into "do not disturb"---right.

Bottom line, I'm done with this dealership-- any dealership that screws up an oil change like they did and doesn't respond to customer phone calls shouldn't be working on my car.

 

[20ducks]

"...Bottom line, I'm done with this dealership-- any dealership that screws up an oil change like they did and doesn't respond to customer phone call shouldn't be working on my car.

Dealer name/location?

 

[roadpilot]

I do my own oil changes on my '24 Dark Horse (with strut tower brace). If you have a cordless ratchet, removing or reinstalling the bellypan takes about 1 minute, tops. Not a big deal at all.

 

[kinelisch]

Oh boy! I just took my S650 to the Ford dealer 1 week ago. I am going to go check right now.

 

[hal26]

With 1400 miles on it, I decided to have the dealer do the first oil change and check that my old S550 18" GT rims would fit over the new GT (base) calipers (they did).

When I got the car it had 400 miles on it since it had to be driven back from MD since my dealer had to do a trade to get the car. An oil level check after I took possession showed about 3/4 qt low--which from posts on the board suggested that was fine.

Just had the first oil change done and after sitting over night the oil level was just barely over the min level. Had I not checked this board I would have been concerned about the car being low by nearly a qt., but I did want to hear from the dealer as to why this was .
Repeated calls to the service mgr. and leaving messages didn't yield any call backs. I'd like to avoid driving back and try to have that conversation with but I don't think I have a choice with a 1000 mile trip coming up I would like an answer from the dealership.

Question--are these engines capable of providing a digital oil level reading via a OBD connection? Porsche has this capability--I think largely because their oil level display on their dash can vary so much--at least from my experience.

Thanks for any replies in advance.

 

[hal26]

I had a 2021 Porsche 911 (992 Twin Turbo) and it had no dipstick. Never trusted it. When changing the oil I had to drive the car and recheck at least twice before getting it exactly right. I thought it was sad and hilarious when I got a notice that Porsche was having an oil change service special. The price was reduced to ONLY $499 plus taxes and fees bringing it to a total of approx. $550 total ON SALE. I always did it myself for under $100. I did however buy it before Covid and sold it 2 years ago to a Porsche dealer for $9,000 more than i paid fot it.

 

[MMM981]

I had a 2021 Porsche 911 (992 Twin Turbo) and it had no dipstick. Never trusted it. When changing the oil I had to drive the car and recheck at least twice before getting it exactly right. I thought it was sad and hilarious when I got a notice that Porsche was having an oil change service special. The price was reduced to ONLY $499 plus taxes and fees bringing it to a total of approx. $550 total ON SALE. I always did it myself for under $100. I did however buy it before Covid and sold it 2 years ago to a Porsche dealer for $9,000 more than i paid fot it.

Oil change prices have gone up since you sold your car.. I paid close to $700 for the oil change and the usual inspection on a 981.
Likely my last at a Porsche dealer.

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