gcwaterski

Unfortunately many/most manufactures (including Toyota) have a lot of issues they don't make recalls. They just keep them TSB's and are fixed only under the warranty. I don't quite get why they can not honor a TSB outside of warranty like a recall. Other than they would probably go broke ha ha.

I know it's a tough decision whether to fix or sell a vehicle. If it's paid off it's even a harder decision! A few things that change the equation is a) is your truck paid off?, and b) is it your primary vehicle?

FordFairLane

eBay for reman or online and my local junk yards for used. I think used will be about $700 but I won't have to buy any belts or hoses so then it's just the labor. I'm thinking $1,500 for labor.

FordFairLane

But my truck new was 32k out the door. At the same time I could have bought a nissan titan for 25k. The reasoning I bought the ford was it's American made (was) and the quality of the truck. Well, the nissan is probably better quality and more dependable with a higher re-sale value. I can get a 2012 new nissan for 26,500 while the ford counter part is still 34k. But now the nissan is damn near as American made and the longer I owned my ford the more BS I have dealt with for ****ty design and horribly put together. So, I ask why would I buy a ford? I am going to call ford and tell them how my injector was stuck open and their mechanic let me drive down the road without solving the problem on a known issue and see if there's any recourse. If they will agree to install a reman for free I would be willing to buy the engine myself and have them drop it in. If not I am throwing a used motor in it selling/trading it and my expedition and my fusion and I will NEVER buy ford again. It's simple as that.

I have three vehicles but the expedition has a brake problem (again horse **** design) and the f-150 needs a new motor. I maintain my own vehicles and don't skimp. I change the oil ever 3,500 with motorcraft oil. Flush radiator fluid every fall. Change belts every 25k-30k. If my truck wasn't such a pile of **** it should last 300k NO PROBLEM. But ford has fallen in my eyes and if they screw me with the engine it is the last straw. I am moving my 16 years (I'm 32) of buying only ford new and used to another make. I figure if this would have happened with a nissan I'd have spent 7k less and couldn't complain about spending 5k on a new engine. But if you spend that extra cash and end up with a pile of **** of course it's going to be tough to swallow.

FordFairLane

Just spoke with ford **** the customer service. Even though their service shop screwed the pooch and let me drive my truck home while it was dumping fuel in half my engine and even though this is a known issue it's ford policy to have you bend over and take it in the ***. They first said well your engine is old and probably didn't have compression to begin with. WRONG my one half has 205 PSI or better on all cylinders while the side that is burnt up has 100-130 PSI. Then they say well how is the ford mechanic supposed to know its an issue... BECAUSE IT'S THEIR EFFING JOB?

gcwaterski

Ah, yeah that's nice to hear about a $700 motor. Although I think you can do better on labor. A nice looking, licensed/insured place locally (south side of ATL) told me they could easily do the motor swap for a grand... (only relevant if you are considering keeping it lol).

Yeah, 7k is a nice bit cheaper! I wouldn't fault you for leaving a brand if you have had bad experiences with it. I don't think I read your previous post well enough. If you went in for servicing and they did not diagnose the stuck open injector that was symptomatic, and THAT fried your motor- I would certainly at least try for some recourse or a discount on getting it fixed.... again, only if you are even remotely considering keeping the truck! If not (and I understand), I would still raise a little hell and then ditch the truck LOL.

Russ Fowler

Just a note to let you know when getting another engine. Have all freeze plugs replace with BRASS before engine is install. The reason I had Ford replace my 351 which cost me about $5500 and 10 days. Seem the mechanic went on vacation. They did not change out any freeze plug and it was an engine from another vehicle. After about 2 years had to replace a freeze plug. One year later another freeze plug. Two years later another freeze plug. Now the truck is in the shop to replace all freeze plugs. For just a few bucks and no hard aches, change them out. That is my lesson for the future.

Russ Fowler

I went to Ford and told them what my truck was and that it needed a freeze plug replace. They told me to bring it in. So I had it tow to them. The next day they call me and said they could not fix it since they do not have the instruments to check it out after it was fix. The truck is to old (1988). Then they charge me $99 and I had to get it two out. Ford put a bad spin on me. If anyone could fix it, it would be Ford. They are way down the list if I ever need help from them.

Danruff93

I just got a ford crate motor installed for 6k

Tommy J

Im pretty sure my buddy paid around 5 G's for a 5.4 crate engine with labor and everything. Im in the north east

ng8264723

I lost my engine at 40,000 due to a stuck injector it bent the connecting rod!