are you serious?

 

I am sure that it is like anything else. It will last as long as how you treat it. I am sure if you are out drag racing the Eco boost everyday or heavy towing everyday, you are going to have to replace the turbos. Same thing with the 6.2 or any other engine. I am sure the average guy that takes care of the truck and does not whip the hell out of it, things are going to last longer than expected.

But according to all the Ecoboost torture test, the turbo's seemed to take a beatin and still work just fine? This engine like anything else is going to get better through time and testing. I am going to wait, I want to see more HP and better Mpg's, it is almost a giving that this engine will be much improved in 3 years!!

 

Ford does not require you to or even suggest that you replace the twin turbos after 150K or 10 years. They stated that as their designed life. Two completely different things. You deserve an import.

 

I must admit, I LOL'd.

 

yup.... thats why inframe kits dont include turbos. we rebuild engines before replacing turbos. only times turbos are replaced is due to lack of maintenance. our highest mileage KW has a kitty kat in it with over 240k on the original build with the original turbo in it. full PM done evey 6k. and it will still move 105k lbs down the road no problem.

 

X2, no offense to the author. just found that quote rather funny

 

This is why people shouldn't jump right in and buy new engines. This is why I bought a 2010 FX4 5.4 liter. This engine has been around for a while and it has the bugs worked out. These new engines, ecoboost and the 5.0 haven't proven to be worthy yet.

 

Huh?...or should I say whaaat?

Dennis

03 dtg KAF
07 dtg Dubai
09 dtg F150 buying time

 

That makes perfect sense. No one buy a 2011. All auto manufacturers should stop making technological advances and expecting us consumers to be their guinnea pigs.

Ever stopped to think that a whole herd of people had to buy the original years of the old 5.4 before it was 'proven worthy'. What if no one bought it? We'd still be driving the old 5.0 and 5.8 pushrod motors, guzzling fuel and under-performing all the while.

 

The 5.0 has been around for almost a year and its design has been around for over 10 years now.

The Ecoboost has been around for a little over 2 years.

Ford has modular motors down pat and their quality/reliability ratings are up considerably in the last 2-3 years.

I wouldn't fear the new engines.

 

It wouldn't be the old pushrod motors it would be Flatheads.

Scratch that they were new once, make it a Model T instead.

Wait, it was a new thing too, give me back my horse and buggy.

Well crap, who can trust those new fangled wheel things.

I'll just stick to my bare feet, there's nothing new with that!

 

I have 123k on an 03 5.4 now and plan on keeping it past 150k so that would concern me and for that reason I think I will go with the 5.0 when the time comes.

 

Your 5.4L was designed for 100k miles.

 

Ford started designing trucks "to last" 150,000 miles (up from 100,000) starting with the all new 1997 MY. I recall reading that when they debuted way back in 1996.

 

Based on your highly informative post, I tried to cancel my ecoboost order (which is supposed to be built in two weeks) but Ford wouldn't let me. Dang, I guess I am stuck with a POS...... Anybody want to buy it?



Yeah, the 5.4 has been around for too long- that's the problem. Now for the first time in YEARS, Ford has the best engine lineup