Ford Ecoboost engine blows up. Three replacement engines

[tmleadr03]

I have heard both good and bad about them. Just like everything. My Dodge has 180K on it and has chewed up only $600 in non maint items in the 12 years I have had it, gets 18 in town and 21 on the highway. It is not going anywhere.

I glanced at the first couple of pages. So #1 lets go with the rod through the block. #2 lets go with a rod through the block. Normally old school says on a factory engine that too many revs, too much abuse but we are dealing with a boosted engine and yes I have seen them go south in a hurry and some of the strangest things.

First thing with the new engines is did the same cyl go each time? At first thought they are losing the piston first. But you have to ask why. Too lean in that cyl? Bad batch from the supplier?

I do know one of the engineers that has worked on the ecoboost project since the beginning and the last word I heard was there is a lot of head scratching going on.

Different cylinders each time.

[husky390]

I think I'll stick with my old, slow, gas guzzling 5.8l that I don't owe any money on. Even though I do miss my 06 F250 6.0.

[2XS]

Hey look they have a habit of catching fire to from what my buddy that owns a junkyard has told me. I rebuilds wrecks and won't touch them built himself an 07 f-150.

[trlcavscout]

Most manufacturers will deny problems until their is enough pressure and or lawsuits. Like GM buying back 15 year old suburban/blazers. Toyota is like apple, great marketing and hiding of problems, mostly denial. Dodges have more repairs done under warranty then ford/Chevy. Nissans are average. Its all about driving what you like and having pride in your ride.

I don't know about ford but gm dumped all the field engineers that knew anything about 13 years ago in exchange for college grads that know jack shit. So engineers are useless. This goes back to the part replacers VS technicians thread.

[BushMasterBoy]

I read a few forum posts from other forums, says there is an issue with the "charge air cooler". Seems it cools too much causing condensation, then gets sucked into a cylinder causing "hydrolock". I'm guessing water in the cylinder blows the connecting rod through the block... http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/bl...oss-limp-mode/

[Goodburbon]

Those MPG were with an ATV or motorcycle in the bed and loaded cab, or empty.

Towing it is 9-11mpg.


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[streetglideok]

With them replacing the engine, you have to wonder, if they replaced everything to eliminate any chance of debri contamination from the previous failure. Also, are the owners using the correct oil for the engine, or merely going to jiffy lube? One problem with direct injection engines, there is nothing to keep the intake valves clean, since fuel doesn't wash them down. I've seen some ford, well mazda cx7(same engine as the ecoboost 4 cylinder) with coked up valves to the point it would not run. Separate issue from the 3 blown engines, but something to keep in mind.

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[zteknik]

Looks like the tune up I did yesterday. It wasn't as bad as some of the ones I did out in NY.Those we replaced the heads..And wty time sucks ass...

[husky390]

Thanks for that dude. Now you're making me want to change mine out in my Expedition even though they only have 40k on them.