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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reivaxtorres" data-source="post: 194662" data-attributes="member: 8890">im using a somewhat new mobil 1 filter (had less than 2k miles on it, and it usually lasts well over 5k miles) and motorcraft synthetic blend 5-30 oil in it right now. going to run it like this for another day and then do an oil change on saturday and switch back to mobil1 synthetic 5-30 and get a new mobil1 filter.*if there is a lot of coolant in the oil pan (if you happen to get any in there), its recomended you turn on the car, let it idle for about 10 minutes giving it a little gas every now and then, and then change the oil and filter. this way it will flush any coolant out of the oil system w/o damaging anything. on mine, i had very little coolant mixed in so i just re-drained the oil (drain it before you start, then again before you re-fill the car with oil) to get the rest of the oil out and filled it up with new oil. checked the oil and it looks good, looks pure. as for the coolant re-fill thru the t-stat housing, yeah, you could do that too, but i was lazy and didnt want to take it off. :angel: just kidding, the stupid t-stat housing is stuck on there good so i would have had to use a hammer to knock it loose, which prob would have bent it or broke it, and i didnt want to have to wait even longer to drive it because i broke that part. ive re-filled the system thru the coolant tank before and it never caused any problems, so i wasnt worried about doing it again. for the record tho, its only about 5 minutes or so from when you turn on the car that the t-stat opens up and you can fill the system.</blockquote>