Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
It's going to be a V6, like the one in the 1500 Ram. Link
Forum Discussion
patperry2766 wrote:
Because I had a car one time that had a timing belt. It broke, dropped a valve and destroyed an engine. Have never suffered that kind of problem with a chain in over 700K+ miles and 36 years of drivng.
Very true, in many engines the belt is a maintenance item that needs to be replaced every 60-100K or so. Although I think this interval has been increasing as belt technology has improved.
How catastrophic a broken belt would be would depend on wether the new power stroke was an interference engine or not.
Chains rarely break, although they do stretch and throw the timing off. Very occasionally they may jump a tooth.
