Major Ecoboost repair, long delays
My daughter parked her 2013 F150 Ecoboost with about 140,000 miles on it back in mid-May. When she started it back up it would barely run and was very rough. To make a long story short it was parked...
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I finally got the truck back and it runs great! I am confident that the long block has resolved all of the mechanic induced problems. If not, I have a 3 year parts and labor warrantee on it. Anything that lasts 3 years should be good to go for a while. If it makes 5 years my daughter should be in position to just buy a new truck.
Interestingly, after Ford telling us that they were not even trying to get a long block to me one showed up the same day as the one ordered from Fraser. The Fraser block had a 5 year warrantee but I think that it was just for the long block. The Ford has a 3 year parts and labor warrantee. We went with the Ford warrantee and returned the Fraser. With the Thanksgiving holiday and this area having very high flue and covid rates a lot of mechanics were staying home sick. But I was able to pick up the truck last Friday. Now I just need to get it to Ohio.
For those that blame the "small engine with a turbocharger":
This truck has 150,000 miles on it with a fair amount of that pulling a 3 horse trailer. The original problem was the infamous timing belt stretch on the early models. I don't believe that towing or running the engine heavily loaded has much effect other than the increased RPM increases the number of load cycles per mile. All of the other problems, including the damaged running boards, seem to be the result of sloppy workmanship. Again, not load or size related. The new long block is supposed to have upgraded parts to eliminate the chain issues. So do all production engines starting with the 2016 models. On a related note, the 3.5 turbo is actually about 15lbs heavier than the 5.0. Ford beefed it up somewhere.
Interestingly, after Ford telling us that they were not even trying to get a long block to me one showed up the same day as the one ordered from Fraser. The Fraser block had a 5 year warrantee but I think that it was just for the long block. The Ford has a 3 year parts and labor warrantee. We went with the Ford warrantee and returned the Fraser. With the Thanksgiving holiday and this area having very high flue and covid rates a lot of mechanics were staying home sick. But I was able to pick up the truck last Friday. Now I just need to get it to Ohio.
For those that blame the "small engine with a turbocharger":
This truck has 150,000 miles on it with a fair amount of that pulling a 3 horse trailer. The original problem was the infamous timing belt stretch on the early models. I don't believe that towing or running the engine heavily loaded has much effect other than the increased RPM increases the number of load cycles per mile. All of the other problems, including the damaged running boards, seem to be the result of sloppy workmanship. Again, not load or size related. The new long block is supposed to have upgraded parts to eliminate the chain issues. So do all production engines starting with the 2016 models. On a related note, the 3.5 turbo is actually about 15lbs heavier than the 5.0. Ford beefed it up somewhere.
