toledo

2011 f150 5.0


136k miles


no issues other than wheel bearing went out 1000 miles ago and coolant leak at the y coming off the water pump.. replaced o ring and has been good

toledo

the clicking sound is one of the actuators for our ac has a broken tooth on it.. needs to be replaced and itll work like normal again... each one is like $30 or so

militarybuilt

Currently my 2011 5.0 is at 285,600 miles. Running strong.

Big*Red

I've got a 2011 3.5 EB that has about 43,000 on it. At 32,000 I installed a catch can. I was horrified at the amount of gunk it catches (very roughly about a pint or more per 1000 miles) and then blows back in on the backside of the DI intake valve which bakes onto the valve with no cleaning method approved by Ford. This stuff blows into the combustion chamber, and some of it returns into the crankcase as blow by again, gradually causing the oil to get degraded, and I would bet severely if you are going 10K. IMHO, the Catch Can is an essential part of any GDI engine. I run about 4K miles between full synthetic oil changes. There is absolutely no reason to think the EB engine should run longer between oil changes, and if anything, less.

Neil350

I have seen a few on auto trader with 250K+, comforting since I plan to keep mine around for a few more years, 80K on it now, drive 20K a year.

Koolponycar

Dang! Ever been in the engine? Any knock sounds during these miles?

militarybuilt

There's a knock haha, but it's been there for the past 200k miles. Here's my thread of going into the engine, clean as a whistle.

https://www.f150forum.com/f38/my-201...-miles-368611/

Koolponycar

Great Thread! Makes me feel better about my 50K 5.0 with faint come and go knock. Strange as it has been cooler temps and the knock seems very limited and less noticeable. May be less expansion from less heat?

1995GreenMachine

That makes me feel better! I just bought mine with 136,000 miles and am over 138k in a few weeks.

militarybuilt

It's all I the maintenance. My truck has been maintained meticulously from day 1 and it is paying off in dividends. To this day I have hauled and towed to the max limit and even a little more and this thing hasn't skipped a beat. I will probably rebuild the transmission and engine when they start to fail as the rest of the truck is in mint condition and I only paid $1500 for it.....