triniman

Here it is. The truck stopped going last week, so I had to tow it to the dealer since I didnt know of any good mechanics in my area that I could trust. Yeah I know the whole "stealership" saying. Turns out my engine has no compression in 4 out of the 8 cylinders, and the cats are clogged, so they are putting in a new engine. Its costing me $6300 to replace the engine, and all the catalytic converters. They cannot tell me what exactly happened to my truck, and I am clueless. I thought maybe someone out there might be able to help. The truck is a 2006 FX4 Screw with the 5.4 and 87000 miles. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

fordf1504x4

are you the orginal owner, was it drivein hard was the oil changed every 3,000 miles etc etc. Did the truck give you any warning signs before tearing up

triniman

I bought the truck with 9000 miles on it about a year and half ago. I changed the oil every 3000 miles at first but I drive so much that it was getting ridiculous going for oil changes every 3 weeks. So i started using Royal Purple oil and did the oil changes every 8000-12000 miles, I would just change the filter at 6k. The only thing I noticed was on the highway if I punched the gas the truck would stutter. I spoke with a couple buddies and they all agreed that maybe I had some water in the tank so I used a water extractor liquid, and I did a few fuel ups with a fuel injector cleaner. Does any of this sound out of the ordinary?

fordf1504x4

My f150 is also a 06 with 81,000 miles and when I hit the gas sometimes there seems to be a slight hesitation I talked with a ford mech who told me that the fuel inject needed to be cleaned I have not done this yet but it cost about 150 bucks. But it really seems out the ordinary in your case to lose a motor with 80,000 something miles. and the 6,000 dollar price tag you can buy another motor for less than that or rebuild it cheaper than a dealer

triniman

By the time the dealer told me what it was going to cost I was already about 800 bucks in the hole in tests and towing fees, so I figured to let them do it, plus with the new engine I get a 100k mile warranty, thats the only good side to the whole situation.

fordf1504x4

I hope my motor does not go unless they finance the 5.4 motors lol because 6,000 cash out of pocket would be awfull