First a little history. Been a while since I have had an F 150. Previous one was an '04 that I sold probably 8 years ago or so. I've been driving an '05 Expedition around until Saturday night. I traded it in for an immaculate '13 F 150 supercrew XLT 3.5 Ecoboost with the off road package. Ignot Silver Has 97000 mile on it. Looks like a brand new truck inside and out. The frame doesn't even show rust on it yet. Previous owner bought it after it was turned in from a lease and had it the past 6700 miles. Put most miles on it driving to and from work, garaged every night. All service was done at the dealership I bought it from, he bought a brand new one. They have all service records of the truck. It came with a 1 year 12,000 mile warranty and free oil changes for 2 years. I put maybe 5000 miles a year on a truck as I work and live on a farm and have access to 4 different 7.3L trucks to do the dirty work.

Now that I have this thing, and being new to the 3.5 ecoboost, is there anything I need to know or do to this thing to keep it in tip top shape? Bought a '16 Explorer last year with the 2.3L ecoboost last year for the wife and was impressed with what that little motor could do.

I did notice a little driveline ping or slight clunk last night, sounds like I take the drive shaft out and lube it and it should help for a while? Wouldn't notice it if the radio was on so it's not too bad right now.

 

Biggest thing is don't believe the 10K oil change interval recommendation.... Do it at 5K intervals...

Check the records, see if the transmission oil was drained or changed... I don't do a FLUSH, but remove the pan and changed 5 quarts of the 13 total... I put a drain plug in the pan and plan to drain and refill with 5 new quarts every 25K miles ...might change rear axle gear lube also.. it is not "good for life"..... and see when the spark plugs where changed... FORD might recommend 100K............ 50- 60K is a better number to eliminate potential miss fires.............. nice looking truck !