Motor oil for Ford Explorer

Type the engine variant of your Ford Explorer to see the right engine oil and the manufacturer approvals.

Country of registration

HSN (field 2.1)

TSN (field 2.2)

Both numbers are on the German registration certificate part I, fields 2.1 and 2.2.

Number plate

We query the vehicle register of the selected country. For Germany please use HSN/TSN.

Vehicle identification number (VIN)

17 characters, on the registration certificate part I under field E. In Poland the vehicle is looked up by VIN, not by number plate.

Which viscosity does a Ford Explorer need?

We cover 122 engine variants of the Ford Explorer. The most commonly approved grades are 5W-30, 5W-20, 0W-30 and 0W-20.

Which approvals does Ford require?

Ford publishes no approval of its own: what counts is the viscosity and the ACEA or API class in your owner's manual.

Ford Explorer engine variants

The oil finder covers these engine variants of the Ford Explorer: Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost 2025–…, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost AWD 2025–…, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost AWD (298 KW) 2025–…, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost 2024–…, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost AWD 2024–…, Explorer 3.3 Hybrid 2024–2024, Explorer 3.3 Hybrid AWD 2024–2024, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost 2020–2025, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost AWD 2020–2025, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost (272 KW) 2020–2023, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost (272 KW) 2020–2024, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost (298 KW) 2020–…, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost AWD (272 KW) 2020–2023, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost AWD (272 KW) 2020–2024, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost AWD (298 KW) 2020–…, Explorer 3.3 Hybrid 2020–2024, Explorer 3.3 Hybrid AWD 2020–2024, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost 2019–2020, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost AWD 2019–2020, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost (272 KW) 2019–2020, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost (298 KW) 2019–2020, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost AWD (272 KW) 2019–2020, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost AWD (272 KW) 2019–2020, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost AWD (298 KW) 2019–2020, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost PHEV AWD 2019–2024, Explorer 3.0 EcoBoost PHEV AWD 2019–2024, Explorer 3.3 Hybrid 2019–2020, Explorer 3.3 Hybrid AWD 2019–2020, Explorer 3.5 TI-VCT V6 (183 kW) AWD 2018–2019, Explorer 3.5 TI-VCT V6 (214 kW) AWD 2018–2019, Explorer 3.5 V6 (209 kW) 2018–2019, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) 2018–2019, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) AWD 2018–2019, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost 2017–2019, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost AWD 2017–2019, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (254 kW) AWD 2017–2019, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (262 kW) AWD 2017–2019, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (272 kW) AWD 2017–2019, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 AWD 2017–2019, Explorer 3.5 Ti-VCT V6 2017–2019, Explorer 3.5 Ti-VCT V6 AWD 2017–2019, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost 2016–2017, Explorer 2.3 EcoBoost AWD 2016–2017, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (254 kW) AWD 2016–2017, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (262 kW) AWD 2016–2017, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (272 kW) AWD 2016–2017, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 AWD 2016–2017, Explorer 3.5 TI-VCT V6 (183 kW) AWD 2016–2018, Explorer 3.5 TI-VCT V6 (214 kW) AWD 2016–2018, Explorer 3.5 Ti-VCT V6 2016–2017, Explorer 3.5 Ti-VCT V6 AWD 2016–2017, Explorer 3.5 V6 (209 kW) 2016–2018, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) 2016–2018, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) AWD 2016–2018, Explorer 3.5 V6 (209 kW) 2015–2016, Explorer 3.5 TI-VCT V6 (183 kW) AWD 2014–2016, Explorer 3.5 TI-VCT V6 (214 kW) AWD 2014–2016, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) 2014–2016, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) AWD 2014–2016, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (254 kW) AWD 2013–2016, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (262 kW) AWD 2013–2016, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (272 kW) AWD 2013–2016, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 AWD 2013–2018, Explorer 3.5 EcoBoost V6 AWD 2013–2016, Explorer 3.5 Ti-VCT V6 AWD 2013–…, Explorer 2.0 EcoBoost 2012–2016, Explorer 3.5 TI-VCT V6 (214 kW) AWD 2012–2013, Explorer 3.5 Ti-VCT V6 2012–2016, Explorer 3.5 Ti-VCT V6 AWD 2012–2016, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) 2012–2013, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) AWD 2012–2013, Explorer 3.5 V6 2011–2011, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) 2011–2011, Explorer 3.5 V6 (216 kW) AWD 2011–2011, Explorer 3.5 V6 AWD 2011–2011, Explorer 4.0 V6 2006–2010, Explorer 4.0 V6 (157 kW) AWD 2006–2010, Explorer 4.0 V6 AWD 2006–2010, Explorer 4.6 V8 2006–2010, Explorer 4.6 V8 (218 kW) AWD 2006–2010, Explorer 4.6 V8 AWD 2006–2010, Explorer 4.0 V6 (157 kW) 2003–2006, Explorer 4.0 V6 (157 kW) AWD 2003–2006, Explorer 4.0 V6 (157 kW) AWD FlexFuel 2003–2005, Explorer 4.0 V6 (157 kW) FlexFuel 2003–2005, Explorer 4.0 V6 2002–2006, Explorer 4.0 V6 AWD 2002–2006, Explorer 4.0 V6 AWD FlexFuel 2002–2006, Explorer 4.0 V6 FlexFuel 2002–2006, Explorer 4.6 V8 2002–2006, Explorer 4.6 V8 (178 kW) 2002–2006, Explorer 4.6 V8 (178 kW) AWD 2002–2006, Explorer 4.6 V8 AWD 2002–2006, Explorer 4.0 V6 (153 kW) 2001–2003, Explorer 4.0 V6 (153 kW) AWD 2001–2002, Explorer 4.0 V6 (157 kW) 2001–2002, Explorer 4.0 V6 (157 kW) AWD 2001–2002, Explorer 4.0 V6 (150 kW) 2000–2001, Explorer 4.0 V6 (150 kW) AWD 2000–2001, Explorer 4.0 V6 (152 kW) 2000–2001, Explorer 4.0 V6 (152 kW) AWD 2000–2001, Explorer 4.9 V8 AWD (157 kW) AWD 2000–2001, Explorer 4.9 V8 AWD (160 kW) AWD 2000–2001, Explorer 4.0 V6 (115 kW) AWD 1998–2000, Explorer 4.0 V6 (119 kW) AWD 1998–2000, Explorer 4.0 V6 (150 kW) 1998–2000, Explorer 4.0 V6 (150 kW) AWD 1998–2000, Explorer 4.0 V6 (152 kW) 1998–2000, Explorer 4.0 V6 (152 kW) AWD 1998–2000, Explorer 4.0 V6 (115 kW) AWD 1997–1998, Explorer 4.0 V6 (119 kW) AWD 1997–1998, Explorer 4.0 V6 (150 kW) AWD 1997–1998, Explorer 4.0 V6 (152 kW) 1997–1998, Explorer 4.0 V6 (152 kW) AWD 1997–1998, Explorer 4.0 V6 (115 kW) AWD 1996–1997, Explorer 4.0 V6 (119 kW) AWD 1996–1997, Explorer 4.9 V8 1996–2002, Explorer 4.9 V8 AWD 1996–2002, Explorer 4.9 V8 AWD (157 kW) AWD 1996–2000, Explorer 4.9 V8 AWD (160 kW) AWD 1996–2000, Explorer 4.0 V6 1995–2002 and Explorer 4.0 V6 AWD 1995–2002. Your engine is not listed? Type your vehicle into the search above.