Have 330,000 on my 2009 suburban 5.3 . Pricing out New motor for the future . Can get New motor installed for around 6500. My mechanic had a 2012 f150 he was replacing ecoboost motor on, and he told me that motor replacement was 11,500 with new turbos . Was thinking that was crazy expensive! Is that really a realistic price for replacing those motors?

I would think that if he is high on the EcoBoost, he would also be high on the 5.3. Shop around. $6500 does sound high for a 5.3

Sorry for double post. Can't seem to remove one!

Maybe for a race series short block and some additional work, but I suspect there is more to it than just a short block swap at that price. Or maybe that mechanic has to buy some metric wrenches to work on it so jacked up the price? :)

Can’t comment on the ecoboost, but the GM 5.3 should be cheaper in my experience.

Jegs has the long block for around 3500.

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jerem0621
Explorer II
Jan 10, 2019
Something sounds way off on that price.

I’d shop some more.
librty02
Explorer
Jan 10, 2019
MARK VANDERBENT wrote:
Have 330,000 on my 2009 suburban 5.3 . Pricing out New motor for the future . Can get New motor installed for around 6500. My mechanic had a 2012 f150 he was replacing ecoboost motor on, and he told me that motor replacement was 11,500 with new turbos . Was thinking that was crazy expensive! Is that really a realistic price for replacing those motors?

Seems like way too much considering a new 3.5 from Ford themselves is 4500 and new turbos from ford are 400 a piece. And there are many other places you can get these parts new a bit cheaper. That's ALOT of labor charge. That is also considering Ford dealers charge 10k for a newly installed 6.7 diesel in the Superduty and that includes turbos too.
twodownzero
Explorer
Jan 10, 2019
I don't know how much installation is, but you can get a pretty nice GM V8 for half of what you're paying. Low mileage used engines are $800-1200.
1995brave
Nomad
Jan 10, 2019
Jegs has the long block for around 3500.
kw_00
Explorer
Jan 10, 2019
Can’t comment on the ecoboost, but the GM 5.3 should be cheaper in my experience.
eflyersteve
Explorer
Jan 10, 2019
Maybe for a race series short block and some additional work, but I suspect there is more to it than just a short block swap at that price. Or maybe that mechanic has to buy some metric wrenches to work on it so jacked up the price? :)
MARK_VANDERBENT
Explorer
Jan 10, 2019
Sorry for double post. Can't seem to remove one!
LanceRKeys
Explorer
Jan 10, 2019
I would think that if he is high on the EcoBoost, he would also be high on the 5.3. Shop around. $6500 does sound high for a 5.3

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