2.7 EB Problems?
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2.7 EB Problems?
This 2.7 EB has been out long enough that any "teething" problems should have surfaced by now. Folks should have lots of miles on some of them. I am thinking of buying a truck with one. So the question is: What problems have surfaced? Any high mileage reports would be appreciated, as well.
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I haven't heard of much, if anything. The 2.7L ecoboost is a pretty stout design. It is an incremental improvement over the lessons learned with the 3.5L ecoboost, and although that engine had some teething problems, it has turned into a very reliable workhorse. The improvements that made their way into the 2.7L ecoboost were, in turn, incorporated into the second generation 3.5L ecoboost.
I have friends with the 2.7L EB, but they are all relatively low mileage at this point. However, none of them has had any issues.
I have friends with the 2.7L EB, but they are all relatively low mileage at this point. However, none of them has had any issues.
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I haven't heard of much, if anything. The 2.7L ecoboost is a pretty stout design. It is an incremental improvement over the lessons learned with the 3.5L ecoboost, and although that engine had some teething problems, it has turned into a very reliable workhorse. The improvements that made their way into the 2.7L ecoboost were, in turn, incorporated into the second generation 3.5L ecoboost.
I have friends with the 2.7L EB, but they are all relatively low mileage at this point. However, none of them has had any issues.
I have friends with the 2.7L EB, but they are all relatively low mileage at this point. However, none of them has had any issues.
Thanks for the reply.
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I don't think the new 3.5 EB and the 2.7 EB have much if anything in common. If anything, the 2.7 EB has more in common with Fords Lion family of diesels than anything else. The 2.7 is a very overbuilt gas engine. I was disappointed that the new 3.5 EB wasn't similar.
The 2.7 could easily be reworked to function as a diesel or a gasoline direct compression ignition engine. Essentially a gas engine that runs like a diesel, which is where the 2.7 EB is probably going.
The 2.7 could easily be reworked to function as a diesel or a gasoline direct compression ignition engine. Essentially a gas engine that runs like a diesel, which is where the 2.7 EB is probably going.
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I don't know about issues being well resolved.......coking in the turbos, that is something that unless you are running the highways is just going to happen and there is no way short of a complete twin turbo dismantle to handle that...not to mention, running 16 psi boost is extremely high in any engineers book...although for has this well managed, if the ecm or other related systems hick-up for a split second, catastrophic engine failure is an almost certainty.......and fuel mileage, reality, the same of less than a V8.
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I don't know about issues being well resolved.......coking in the turbos, that is something that unless you are running the highways is just going to happen and there is no way short of a complete twin turbo dismantle to handle that...not to mention, running 16 psi boost is extremely high in any engineers book...although for has this well managed, if the ecm or other related systems hick-up for a split second, catastrophic engine failure is an almost certainty.......and fuel mileage, reality, the same of less than a V8.
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I don't know about issues being well resolved.......coking in the turbos, that is something that unless you are running the highways is just going to happen and there is no way short of a complete twin turbo dismantle to handle that...not to mention, running 16 psi boost is extremely high in any engineers book...although for has this well managed, if the ecm or other related systems hick-up for a split second, catastrophic engine failure is an almost certainty.......and fuel mileage, reality, the same of less than a V8.
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Some tuned trucks with undocumented abuse mostly that broke 3.5 EB motor mount areas of the engine block and some early ones may have injested some water from the CAC.
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Just about at 7000km on my 2016 f150 4x4. Engine runs good. Loud little sucker though at idle sounds like a diesel. Changed the oil yesterday and found that I don't care for the stupid tray covering the spout or for that matter the plastic spout either was on so tight I had to put a pair of pliers on it. That and it takes close on 40 minutes to change oil. Added 5 liter jug checked the dipstick and it was bone dry. Takes 15-20 minutes for the oil to drain down to check. You start the engine and shut it off check the dipstick and dry again. Gotta wait again. Thats my only complaint which isn't that big of a deal. Ended up taking somewhere between 5 1/2 liters to 6 liters of oil. Fuel mileage is great unless you are pulling hard we are averaging 19.5 mpg I did one longer trip on flat ground but hit a really hard wind. That kicked me down to 15.5mpg.
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