Oil change guy and lady are just busy. Trying to hire another but no one want's to work and our county has like 2.5% unemployment, lowest or second lowest in the state.Either ya'll have a lot of oil changes... or your oil change guy is Slooooooooow......
I knew your were doing it right, but that was the only thing I could come up with! Thank you for going through all of this for us! I am getting the 2.3 so hopefully I won't have to worry about this particular problem!
F150 pan calls for 6, Bronco 7...the discrepancy is between the Bronco capacity listed in the manual and the dipstick level also listed in the manual. For me and apparently many others, 7 quarts in the pan = way overfilled in the stick. Just trying to figure out if I (we) should just go with the stick or the capacity. If it is the latter, I guarantee folks who do not change their own oil and make a mental note of the "new" mark in the stick and share that info with anyone who changes the oil for them will screw things up.
Still can't believe Ford hasn't wade into this topic as it's been a known unknown issue for awhile...
Believe me...if a Ford engineer would just jump in and say "whoops the 7 quart capacity is more like 6" that would clear things up! Or "whoops we gave you guys the wrong dipstick." Either way, some reply would be awesome. As is, we get referred to the dealer, and dealer has no idea (mine said they have not even changed the oil yet on a new Bronco).
Ah ha! So it isn't just me...are you going to have any removed or just drive it? I don't like the idea of my dipstick letting me down...Drove to work, sat for 11 hours, oul level well above top mark.
Exactly! I would wager that the majority of folks in this forum who have taken delivery of a 2.7 Bronco and who let it sit overnight on a level surface and who then check their oil will have a high reading on the stick. That means either the factory dipstick is wrong, which is unlikely (because the block is identical between a F150 and a Bronco so the height between the oil surface and the rotating components should be the same) OR that the 7 quart capacity for an oil change is wrong. Dear Ford...which one is it??? I reached out to them in this forum, and they redirected my to my dealer. My dealer hasn't even called me back about my additional 20,000 Fordpass points that all of us with early reservations were granted (even though Ford told me that my points are available). When I did get through to service, the oil level answer changed depending on who picked up the phone. Does any dealer or someone affiliated with Ford have the ability to loop in a Ford engineer? I know dealers have a way to submit an engineering inquiry...
