Alarming spalling failures on 7.3 Godzilla

Oh boy, another Yewtoob video.

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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Ford 7.3 Godzilla failures

As a normal course of action I don't recommend oil sampling. In this case, I break from that recommendation. If I owned one of these engines I would oil sample religiously before it ruined your vacation miles from home.

Interesting that it's cheaper to replace the whole engine rather than repair it.

This one is going to give Jim Farley a headache.

I'm surprised Jim Farley is still employed with all the quality issues Ford and their suppliers are having.

Man, Fish fired a good shot over the bow with the tow rating thread and the Ram Mafia retorts with this ballistic missle! Game on!
(Poor Chevy guys get left in the reserves again….maybe we should all buy Chebbys!)

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Ford 7.3 Godzilla failures

As a normal course of action I don't recommend oil sampling. In this case, I break from that recommendation. If I owned one of these engines I would oil sample religiously before it ruined your vacation miles from home.

Interesting that it's cheaper to replace the whole engine rather than repair it.

This one is going to give Jim Farley a headache.

I wonder what the percentage of total 7.3 this is affecting?
Ford may want the engine back for forensic examination.
What are the symptoms of the failure?

But I thought this was the “gold standard” of gassers? Towing just got harder......

There are a couple of variables at play here. 1, extended oil change intervals. 2, thin oil working in extreme conditions. And 3, poor quality materials I.E. cheap metal. Add that all up and you get failures. Good to know it’s not just the Hemi that is plagued with this issue. I personally have done quite a few motors and also alot of cam and lifters on the Hemis. Just did a cam and lifters on my own personal 16 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi.

I looks like some engineer speced a plating that ended up not being "up to spec".

Well, its a new engine and there are sometimes things that go wrong. I am sure they will be buying some engines, but they will get it figured out. If there is good news at least the damage is occurring early in ownership, it will make it harder for Ford to pizz backwards on the warranty.

Grit dog wrote:
Man, Fish fired a good shot over the bow with the tow rating thread and the Ram Mafia retorts with this ballistic missle! Game on!
(Poor Chevy guys get left in the reserves again….maybe we should all buy Chebbys!)

Not really, that GM 6.6 gas motor is fast gaining a reputation for choking a lifter or dropping a cam, and it appears the cold start piston slap knock that plagued the 2000ish LM7 5300's has been reincarnated in the 6.6.

This thread is great reading, as is some of the responses to your post in the EV alternative for light/medium duty trucks thread regarding " GM just sunk a boatload of $ into the next gen V8 engine"

To some the responders I offer the following links. I might suggest searching for "Top Tier Management" or "Engineering" LOL

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Grit dog wrote:
Man, Fish fired a good shot over the bow with the tow rating thread and the Ram Mafia retorts with this ballistic missle! Game on!
(Poor Chevy guys get left in the reserves again….maybe we should all buy Chebbys!)

Got to duck and cover around here. :B

BTW... Pretty sure the Hemi's and Chevy's are still having lifter problems, especially the ones that support the cylinder deactivation.