Duratec/Eco Bust?
Recently I came across a fellow who had a late mode Ford with the newer Duratec 3.5 V-6 engine in it. He had developed a major antifreeze leak that was so bad, you could not drive it at all. The antif...
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Sport45 wrote:BenK wrote:
Remember...the designers at these large OEMs do NOT design for the mechanic nor DIY'er. Just meet the management allowed budget, size, vehicle platforms mandated and have whatever special instructions/tools passed on to production and last just a bit past warranty period/mileage/etc
I believe that's always been the case. In the past we were just lucky the OEM's were limited to the same part sources we had access to.
For sure!
Unless by dumb luck or some trickle down for commercial applications (like the Allison trans) this is totally the case.
One doesn't have to look further than some of the contortions for a simple filter change, or the fact that I have to jack up the trans and pull the rear trans support to get the trans pan off my Charger to realize this.
