Simple question about longevity...
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Simple question about longevity...
Is it realistic to think that I'll see 200,000+ miles out of an F-150 Ecoboost (V6 w/ 4x4) in a short amount of time (<6 years)? Anyone rocking the high mileage yet? Is it realistic to expect any twin turbos to last that long?
FWIW, I'm straying from the V8 for the sake of gas mileage (150 mile a day commute plus travel). Comment on that too if you'd like while I continue searching around FTE.
Thanks all!
FWIW, I'm straying from the V8 for the sake of gas mileage (150 mile a day commute plus travel). Comment on that too if you'd like while I continue searching around FTE.
Thanks all!
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If I was commuting 150 miles a day, I'd be doing that in a C-Max or a Fiesta...not a truck. I sincerely doubt the EB is going to be a 200,000 mile engine. Ever. None of the new engines are, let alone the diesels which are traditionally higher mileage engines. Commuting, and unloaded the 5.0 gets almost the same mileage as the EB, and has less crap to break. Someone keeps saying the 5.0's have problems too, but I haven't seen a single thread showing a systemic issue with it like the EB with the CaC issues, and smoking.
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I get 20 mpg on average out of an fx4 thats city and highway, plus country roads. For the extra money you get 2 turbos with no turbo timer on a v6......... yah I built import cars for years and anything turbo always gets a timer. From what I hear if your pulling with the v6TT it's always in boost so you get worse mpg, but ya know what they say about reading stuff on the internet. Also look at the differance in the motor in the engine bay the v6 looks like a pita to work on where the 5.0 is a little more straight forward. Both motors can be tuned to push over 600whp so in the end is having a v6tt really that important?
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Highway miles are easy miles, you should expect more.
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If I was commuting 150 miles a day, I'd be doing that in a C-Max or a Fiesta...not a truck. I sincerely doubt the EB is going to be a 200,000 mile engine. Ever. None of the new engines are, let alone the diesels which are traditionally higher mileage engines. Commuting, and unloaded the 5.0 gets almost the same mileage as the EB, and has less crap to break. Someone keeps saying the 5.0's have problems too, but I haven't seen a single thread showing a systemic issue with it like the EB with the CaC issues, and smoking.
Better lubes, better gearing, cleaner fuels, etc.
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I could see a N/A making it possibly with nothing more than filters, oil, belts, plugs, alternator, battery, and a water pump or two...but not the EB. Turbos won't make it, head gaskets, heads, injectors etc...
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Turbos blow before motor ... I'd put money on it.
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Diesels make it way farther and run at much higher pressure.
200k is no problem.
200k is no problem.
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The 3.5L like it's cousins will run at high RPM all day long but it doesn't need to, it makes it's power lower in the RPM band like a diesel.
Our new engines are not totally unlike the mod motors which were all well known to run over 250K. The mod motors were built with extremely tight tolerances, carried multi-valve heads, etc.
Time will tell, I think we will all be pretty amazed at how well they are all built. However, if I were a betting man, I'd say that the transmission will croak before the engine.
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i think 200k should be expected from any new vehicle. the additional complexity of the ecoboost puts it on par with a diesel for repair costs.
major repairs on an ecoboost are likely to be more expensive as compared to an NA engine without Direct Injection. it might just cost you more to get to 200k, but as time goes on, i think it is more likely than i used to.
FWIW, if i HAD to use a truck to drive that kind of mileage, it would be an XL with the 3.7V6, not the ecoboost. reports on here are very good for mileage, albeit few and far between.
as for modern vehicles not lasting 200k ... hogwash. Go outside and talk with the contractors that fix your road. I constantly ask what these trucks have for mileage, and unless it is less than about 3 years old, most of them have 150k or more. if it is 5 years old, most have 250k or more. these are usually Superintendent trucks which carry the fuel, tools, job trailer, and skid steers to the job. gas or diesel, doesn't seem to make a difference in longevity in the world i live in. the diesels are just usually in the 350/450/550 type trucks, most everything else is gas.
that's my experience.
major repairs on an ecoboost are likely to be more expensive as compared to an NA engine without Direct Injection. it might just cost you more to get to 200k, but as time goes on, i think it is more likely than i used to.
FWIW, if i HAD to use a truck to drive that kind of mileage, it would be an XL with the 3.7V6, not the ecoboost. reports on here are very good for mileage, albeit few and far between.
as for modern vehicles not lasting 200k ... hogwash. Go outside and talk with the contractors that fix your road. I constantly ask what these trucks have for mileage, and unless it is less than about 3 years old, most of them have 150k or more. if it is 5 years old, most have 250k or more. these are usually Superintendent trucks which carry the fuel, tools, job trailer, and skid steers to the job. gas or diesel, doesn't seem to make a difference in longevity in the world i live in. the diesels are just usually in the 350/450/550 type trucks, most everything else is gas.
that's my experience.