F150 Ecoboost Reliability
A friend is looking at a 2013 F150 Ecoboost and I'm wondering how these are doing reliability wise. What was the first year for the Ecoboost?
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I've had 3. 2 F150 and an Explorer sport. I never owned them long enough to rack up some serious mileage.
Early F150 had an intercooler issue that allowed water to puddle in the intercooler then get sucked into the intake under hard acceleration. This causes misfire, loss of power, and cel. The cel would go away and would drive normal. Happened to us twice on 2 lane trying to pass semi.
Some had issues with the timing chain and tensioners. Not sure what the root cause was/is there as I have not continued to follow the EB since getting rid of mine.
Some have reported excessive carbon and gunk build up on the intake valves. Carbon build up is the nature of the beast with direct injected gas motors. Combined with PCV and egr gasses plumbed into the intake with no fuel to wash off the residue. The residue builds up over time.
On cold mornings the EB runs very rich. This can cause oil dilution. Early EB came spec'd for 5w-20. Ford quickly changed to 5w-30 and put engine block heaters on all EB that came in with complaints of fuel smell in the oil. They recommended using the heater anytime it got below freezing to minimize how long it was running rich at cold start up.
My dealership was very particular about mods. I had an Airaid drop in filter and a bugs creek over the radiator and intercooler. I took it in for the intercooler stumble they wouldn't work on it until I removed the bug screen and put in a Motorcraft air filter. They then told me they couldn't recreate the issue so it wasn't an issue. The second time it happened the TSB was out so I took it back in. They told me the same. I told them about the TSB and they told me there wasn't one. I had to go home, print it out and take it back to them. Of course in then had to wait another 2 weeks to get my truck back in to have the TSB done.
Early F150 had an intercooler issue that allowed water to puddle in the intercooler then get sucked into the intake under hard acceleration. This causes misfire, loss of power, and cel. The cel would go away and would drive normal. Happened to us twice on 2 lane trying to pass semi.
Some had issues with the timing chain and tensioners. Not sure what the root cause was/is there as I have not continued to follow the EB since getting rid of mine.
Some have reported excessive carbon and gunk build up on the intake valves. Carbon build up is the nature of the beast with direct injected gas motors. Combined with PCV and egr gasses plumbed into the intake with no fuel to wash off the residue. The residue builds up over time.
On cold mornings the EB runs very rich. This can cause oil dilution. Early EB came spec'd for 5w-20. Ford quickly changed to 5w-30 and put engine block heaters on all EB that came in with complaints of fuel smell in the oil. They recommended using the heater anytime it got below freezing to minimize how long it was running rich at cold start up.
My dealership was very particular about mods. I had an Airaid drop in filter and a bugs creek over the radiator and intercooler. I took it in for the intercooler stumble they wouldn't work on it until I removed the bug screen and put in a Motorcraft air filter. They then told me they couldn't recreate the issue so it wasn't an issue. The second time it happened the TSB was out so I took it back in. They told me the same. I told them about the TSB and they told me there wasn't one. I had to go home, print it out and take it back to them. Of course in then had to wait another 2 weeks to get my truck back in to have the TSB done.
