Originally Posted by ThreeOhTwo

The 5.0 is not supposed to have a shroud/cover on the engine. I thought it looked odd too, since just about every other Ford I've seen in the past 15 years has a small shroud around the throttle body/intake manifold (such as the Modular V8s) if not a full-on engine-covering shroud like the EcoBoost or just about every other Duratec-derived engine. I don't mind the lack of a shroud as it makes cleaning and servicing the engine easier

Originally Posted by grizzon30s

Servicing this engine ain't the easiest anyway. Someone at ford wasn't thinking with their dipstick with where they placed the dipstick!