2010 5.4L outperforms 2011 ecoboost
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Well, that translates to about mid-point on the gauge. There is very little temp fluctuation.
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The 6 speed in the newer trucks runs hotter. I've driven 3 EB and 2 5.0 trucks and all of them ran that hot. Outside temps were from 40 to 115, heaviest trailer was 5k on an EB test drive. That truck had been running drag races all day.
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Both of your trucks are Lariats and that model has one of the more open grills. If your trans only went up 10* I doubt airflow though the radiator was an issue since the trans cooler seemed to work just fine. I was trying to find a few common traits between the two incidents that might lead to a cause.
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Thanks 777aaaviator. We are headed over to Mesa Verde National Park here shortly (park opens at 9 am), and if we have time today and per your suggestion, I will talk to one of the technicians at the Ford dealership across from Walmart.
BTW, my license plate is off center allowing extra air flow thru the cooling system (thought that was standard).
BTW, my license plate is off center allowing extra air flow thru the cooling system (thought that was standard).
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Thanks 777aaaviator. We are headed over to Mesa Verde National Park here shortly (park opens at 9 am), and if we have time today and per your suggestion, I will talk to one of the technicians at the Ford dealership across from Walmart.
BTW, my license plate is off center allowing extra air flow thru the cooling system (thought that was standard).
BTW, my license plate is off center allowing extra air flow thru the cooling system (thought that was standard).
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Thanks 777aaaviator. We are headed over to Mesa Verde National Park here shortly (park opens at 9 am), and if we have time today and per your suggestion, I will talk to one of the technicians at the Ford dealership across from Walmart.
BTW, my license plate is off center allowing extra air flow thru the cooling system (thought that was standard).
BTW, my license plate is off center allowing extra air flow thru the cooling system (thought that was standard).
My plates are off center as well.
Please email me if you get any answers in Durango or elsewhere. I'm dropping mine off next Tuesday and it may help if they are able to look at yours as well.
Take care... aasamair@gmail.com
Ps.... Enjoy MV. It's very cool.
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The truck was around 2300 lbs UNDER the max rated capacity; there should have been no troubles at all with the trip. I don't care how hot it was that day a max tow rating doesn't come with a warning sticker "Max tow rating only achievable down hill in cool weather...."
I am suspicious though of the over heating if you look at the video of the davis dam races with 9000lbs. The EB crushed the dodge off the line but the Dodge really caught up by the end of the race. Their wording is really fishy there something like "max combined time over three races..." which sounds to me like if the total time it beat the truck 0-60 was 12 seconds that would mean it was really around 4 seconds each time for 3 races. There's no way the average margine of victory was a 12 second differential. To get to my point at the end of the video you can see the dodge was only1 second behind the ford after it blew it away off the line. That means the dodge was gaining quickly on the Ford. Someone on here mentioned "heat soak" at the time, interesting to see if this holds true.
Eithe way I'd really like to hear how this ends. Please keep us posted. It would be very frustrating if this turns out to be a big problem, what's the point of such a huge tow rating if you can't use it.
I am suspicious though of the over heating if you look at the video of the davis dam races with 9000lbs. The EB crushed the dodge off the line but the Dodge really caught up by the end of the race. Their wording is really fishy there something like "max combined time over three races..." which sounds to me like if the total time it beat the truck 0-60 was 12 seconds that would mean it was really around 4 seconds each time for 3 races. There's no way the average margine of victory was a 12 second differential. To get to my point at the end of the video you can see the dodge was only1 second behind the ford after it blew it away off the line. That means the dodge was gaining quickly on the Ford. Someone on here mentioned "heat soak" at the time, interesting to see if this holds true.
Eithe way I'd really like to hear how this ends. Please keep us posted. It would be very frustrating if this turns out to be a big problem, what's the point of such a huge tow rating if you can't use it.
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Just for information, my 2010 Lariat Screw runs tranny temps at about 190 when towing my 6,000 lb. travel trailer. The engine temp averages about 190 to 195. This is at about 90-95 degrees outside air temp. I've hit 200+ on the tranny, but it is usually for a very short time. I always forget to check the intake air, but it usually runs about 2 to 4 degrees above the outside air temp if I recall correctly.
Last edited by Smokewagun; 08-06-2011 at 11:38 AM.
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