Turbo life ?
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Turbo life ?
My 2013 CREW with 3.5 has 78,000 miles...... Was reading on another site that the " average" life of the turbos was about 100,000 miles .... Never saw any backup data to show that.
Wondering what miles you have on your 3.5 turbos, or when you had them replaced/ rebuilt ?
Wondering what miles you have on your 3.5 turbos, or when you had them replaced/ rebuilt ?
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89000 miles on mine, no issues.
There's been just one turbo related post on here IIRC and it was fixed under warranty. It was kind of a horrific story as the gentlemen was towing heavy far from home on a family vacation. I've read of no other complaints since the repairs were made.
There's been just one turbo related post on here IIRC and it was fixed under warranty. It was kind of a horrific story as the gentlemen was towing heavy far from home on a family vacation. I've read of no other complaints since the repairs were made.
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Most of the high mileage posts that I’ve seen have reported no replacement of anything other than normal maintenance. If there was something it was a common failed part on the f150 not ecoboost related.
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I think last time we tried to figure it out, we decided Ford had sold more than 1 million ecoboost engined F150 trucks in the eight years they'd been out. If there was any kind of common turbo problem it would be FILLING this and every other forum. It's just not happening.
The EcoBoost engines are the most popular engine choice on the Top Selling vehicle in north america. Trust me, any durability problem with be well known and not just by rumours.
The EcoBoost engines are the most popular engine choice on the Top Selling vehicle in north america. Trust me, any durability problem with be well known and not just by rumours.
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I think last time we tried to figure it out, we decided Ford had sold more than 1 million ecoboost engined F150 trucks in the eight years they'd been out. If there was any kind of common turbo problem it would be FILLING this and every other forum. It's just not happening.
The EcoBoost engines are the most popular engine choice on the Top Selling vehicle in north america. Trust me, any durability problem with be well known and not just by rumours.
The EcoBoost engines are the most popular engine choice on the Top Selling vehicle in north america. Trust me, any durability problem with be well known and not just by rumours.
Those who run at freeway speeds or in "heavier" applications where the pedal is push down a bit (as compared to no-load mostly constant heavy city stoplight to stoplight operation) will be much less prone to these issues. Although not related to the turbo's, timing chain guide wear is a cyclic issue with some of these engines....there just doesn't seem to be any common or consistent reason as to why (assuming proper oil, etc. is used)….and of course mis-fires caused (many times) by carbon tracks on the plugs...but mis-fires on heavily boosted engines (such as EB) can and do induce piston failures and block damage as a result.
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Ok, Tasca is doing a deal...….If you assume 2 turbos need to be "serviced", check with the service advisor and that's pretty much the standard quote but even using your pricing, assuming 2 turbos.....that's $2400...… so I'm right in line with what you are saying...of course, depending on the dealer.....
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My stepson works for a division of Ecolab selling to and servicing car washes from Washington DC, throughout Va, to Tenn and to parts of NC. He has a company leased 2018 Chevy Equinox with the 1.5L turbo. I have to say that for the size that the Equinox has evolved into and for how small the engine is, it's very spirited and it's MPG's are superior to most anything in it's class.
So, the car is a year old, has reached 70K miles already and his turbo went out without warning, no CEL, nothing. Ecolab's leasing company carries a 100K mile warranty on all of their leased vehicles. It took the Chevy dealer nearly a week just to diagnose the problem, apparently it's just that rare of a failure. The lease company shelled out $1000.00 parts and labor and now he's back underway.
The happy part of the story is for the 10 or so days that his car was down, the lease company let him rent a 2018 F-150 4x4 3.5L eco. Needless to say he wasn't mad.
So, the car is a year old, has reached 70K miles already and his turbo went out without warning, no CEL, nothing. Ecolab's leasing company carries a 100K mile warranty on all of their leased vehicles. It took the Chevy dealer nearly a week just to diagnose the problem, apparently it's just that rare of a failure. The lease company shelled out $1000.00 parts and labor and now he's back underway.
The happy part of the story is for the 10 or so days that his car was down, the lease company let him rent a 2018 F-150 4x4 3.5L eco. Needless to say he wasn't mad.
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