New EcoBoost ported block!
01-15-2013, 09:21 AM
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Still no word on mine. I was at the dealership Saturday getting the kid seat and some other things I left in the truck and I was really surprised by the lack of visible progress made on the truck. Some of the trim panels on the motor have been removed, but that's it. Guess I'll call today and see what the story is. I'm not waiting 45 days for my truck. I waited 8 weeks when I special ordered it.
01-15-2013, 09:44 AM
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Interesting but of small comfort to those who have or have had issues. You must not know anyone personally that has an Ecoboost engine down and waiting for a new one. I do.
"5 out of over 500,000 made" The 500,000 has little to to with the less than 130,000 members of this forum. Out of those 130,000 how many own long lasting Ford trucks that were manufactured before the Ecoboost? How many 2011 and up trucks have 3.7s, 5.0s or 6.2s. How many like yourself are running F250s but a member of this forum? How many like myself came to these forums to learn about Ford trucks because we were concidering trying a Ford product. It is not unreasonable to assume that less then 50,000 forum members own Ecoboosts. So it becomes 5 out of 50,000 which is 50 out of 500,000. Then we have the owners who don't want anyone to know they have had trouble. How many of them? Case in point, a friend of mine had his engine replaced on his 2009 F150 King Ranch and hasn't been on any forums. 5 out of 500,000 is not an epidemic nor is 50 out of 500,000 (not including the silent ones) but it is 50 too many for the owners with trouble. Long story short, figures don't lie but liars can figure. As forum members we should be here primarily to support each other and a manufacturer second.
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"5 out of over 500,000 made" The 500,000 has little to to with the less than 130,000 members of this forum. Out of those 130,000 how many own long lasting Ford trucks that were manufactured before the Ecoboost? How many 2011 and up trucks have 3.7s, 5.0s or 6.2s. How many like yourself are running F250s but a member of this forum? How many like myself came to these forums to learn about Ford trucks because we were concidering trying a Ford product. It is not unreasonable to assume that less then 50,000 forum members own Ecoboosts. So it becomes 5 out of 50,000 which is 50 out of 500,000. Then we have the owners who don't want anyone to know they have had trouble. How many of them? Case in point, a friend of mine had his engine replaced on his 2009 F150 King Ranch and hasn't been on any forums. 5 out of 500,000 is not an epidemic nor is 50 out of 500,000 (not including the silent ones) but it is 50 too many for the owners with trouble. Long story short, figures don't lie but liars can figure. As forum members we should be here primarily to support each other and a manufacturer second.
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Chad, your bpu++ , what does the dealer think about that? I'm betting an engineer gets involved since its a blown motor. Are you worried about them finding out it was tuned?
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01-15-2013, 11:04 AM
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Yes all mechanical devices can break but what gets me is that mostly stock ecos are breaking. When modded it's expected to have a higher failure rate(which seems the case for a few of the 5.0s). How many of the ecos were modded that have failed? It almost seems that those that drive their ecos harder are having better luck with them. Just my observation from a small sample size.
01-22-2013, 03:03 PM
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Talked to the dealer today. The new motor has arrived at the dealership and they are waiting for a few more parts. They are saying another week or so. While that sucks, at least they are picking up the tab on the rental car. They also sent me a few pics..
01-24-2013, 10:29 AM
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01-24-2013, 10:40 AM
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01-25-2013, 03:49 PM
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Are they giving you any hell since you have the SCT Flash?
01-25-2013, 04:24 PM
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...its not so much that a piece "popped off", something exited from the inside. One pic kinda looks like some connecting rod peeking out