Maintenance For Extended Warranty. 5k or 15k?

[ShelbyMotorspts]

I have a Ford ESP warranty and want to stay on top of the maintenance so that any possible future claims can not be denied for lack of maintenance.

I noticed the owners manual supplement says oil & filter changes every 5k miles but the Ford website says 15k miles and neither of the charts give a time interval.

Besides oil changes it looks like the only other items that I would have to show proof of changing is the air & fuel filters at 30k, 60k & 90k.

Any thoughts on this?

[vkirkend]

I would not go past the 5000 mark without an oil analysis. Check with RF OverLord. He's the Lubrication Guru of this website.

[RF Overlord]

Shelby, can you provide a link to where Ford says 15k for oil changes? That has got to be a typo... :eek:

I would go no more than 5k and use Motorcraft 5W-20 and Motorcraft filters until the warranty is up.

[ShelbyMotorspts]

Here's the link:

http://www.genuineservice.com/genuineservice/en/QCMFullView

UPDATE:

Which I see wont work.

Go to www.ford.com (http://www.ford.com)

click on parts & services (left side of screen)

Select Mercury in the dropdown menu

click on maintenance schedule (left side of screen)

enter 2004 mercury marauder from the dropdown menus & hit go

select normal driving conditions from the drop down menu, click next

check see vehicles complete maintenace and click view schedule

up will come a 2004 Mercury Marauder maintenacnce schedule showing oil changes from a 15k mile starting point up to a 150k mile ending point.

[RF Overlord]

up will come a 2004 Mercury Marauder maintenacnce schedule showing oil changes from a 15k mile starting point up to a 150k mile ending point.And at the bottom it shows additional items that need to be done every 5,000 miles, including the oil and filter.