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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by staatz
Why not change your own oil?
Because many of us get oil changes for free as that was the promo at the time of our purchase.

I think its funny that they put the wrong oil in when it says right on the FN cap what to use!
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 10:02 AM
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The correct oil is synthetic 10W-30 for all seasons or 20W-40 for the hot months. BTW, I've never encountered 20W-40 available at any outlet I frequent.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 10:12 AM
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did they miss the oil cap that says mobil 1 only???!
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Chewie4299
To me it doesnt make sense that the oil could cause this problem....but it's the only thing i can think of that's different now
I doubt the oil is making it slow. Most likely it is the very hot weather we have been experiencing the past few days.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Chewie4299
I had an oil change done on friday at the dealership. They apparently used 5w30 Motorcraft Bulk oil instead of the required Mobil 1.

I'm going back tomorrow to b*tch at them for it and get it redone.

Question though...any change this would cause my engine to feel a little more sluggish or loss of power? Cuz the car seems very sluggish the past 2 days. At first i thought it was the clutch....but the way the RPMs tend to NOT want to go up rather than shoot up without the car moving leads me to believe otherwise.

What dealership in CT was this????????????
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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Key Mitsu in wallingford. They are good with most cars...i guess the fact that they used to service fords only means they dont know jack about the evo.


County Line in middlebury is where i usually go. They have a couple techs there that know what they are doing. Their sales dept sucks a$$ though...
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