Clinto wrote:
I watched a few Youtube videos about carbon-fouled intake valves in engines with direct injection and started scratching my head and humming that old Bruce Springsteen song "one step forward and two steps back". :)
I'm kind of leaning towards the passively aspirated engine vs. the turbocharged model. I'm a pretty conservative driver and I've heard that repairs tend to be more frequent and more expensive on engines with turbochargers. I don't know how valid that is, but I've heard it quite a bit.
The Transit Eco Boost is port injection, not direct injection. Carbon build up should not be problem. It will out perform the other vans in the mountains, and MPG is around 5 to 7 more than the Chevy Express.
The right equipped Transit can tow 7,500 lbs.
Even though this is from the UK, and some things don't apply to the US models, it is a good write up comparing the Transit to the Sprinter.
Transit vs Sprinter
