Anyone experience engine misfire/oil burning up?

Coffee710 said:

Nope I’m not Sasquatch or whoever you’re referring to. Appreciate that your not jacking the thread or trying to toss me under to lose cred.



Ford had to replace the engine in entirety. At first they said they were giving me a small block, keep all non engine parts and I fought for new full block engine. Reluctantly they agreed, but since it was in the shop for over sixty days, they are working on full replacement.



Lemon law took effect in Illinois at 30 days and I’m not a fan of keeping a truck with a new engine but have 5000 miles on the odometer. As it sticks with the original warranty. Additionally the truck sat in the garage, with winter grime for two months so I’m sure that had some impact on the paint.



That’s the only positive tip, if you have a misfire engine, get a car wash before you take it in as you don’t know how long it’ll be in for.

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Bhollier said:

I have spoken with a couple of people that complained about oil burn and rough idol. 2 things here to consider.
1. It is a turbo engine, needs time to warm up from a cold start. Best practice is to start the vehicle and let it get to temp before driving off. It is a pain but will keep the engine and turbos lubricated properly. Will lessen the chance of turbo failure and engine fatigue.
2. Misfire can be corrected with running new plugs. Turbos burn through plugs quick. I suggest going with the cooler running plugs like those in the GT. switched mine out and have not had rough idol since and I have a heavily modified engine.

It is hard to compare a turbo engine to a natural aspirated engine. They require a little more TLC and care when operating. Be prepared to do a little more maintenance than the older Gen1 V8.

7000 miles on mine with lots of engine mods and no issues. However, I do a lot of preventive maintenance on all my cars since they are all turbo. Hope this helps.

One last thing to consider is removing the ship start feature. I don’t know what engineer figured that it would be wise to add this to a performance turbo engine but he needs to have his ass beat for being stupid. That is the worst thing for these engines. Have that programmed out ASAP. That puts unnessacary strain on the cooling and lubricating system. Best to let it idol and circulate fluids.

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Coffee710 said:

Bhollier, thanks for the help.

I'm actually getting a brand new truck, same one, but is there a way to program that stop start feature out or is that just a wish of yours? Otherwise, your just saying shut that off every time I start up the truck?

Additionally, aside from changing plugs out, any other recommendations? Really don't want any issues on the new truck...

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kandewinn said:

Look for the wire work around on youtube. I utilized that method for the first 5000 miles and it worked great. Very easy to accomplish. I then installed an MPT tune that deprograms the auto start/stop. That has worked great for the last 16,000 miles. Best Wishes for your new Rap.

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Coffee710 said:

Bhollier, thanks for the help.

I'm actually getting a brand new truck, same one, but is there a way to program that stop start feature out or is that just a wish of yours? Otherwise, your just saying shut that off every time I start up the truck?

Additionally, aside from changing plugs out, any other recommendations? Really don't want any issues on the new truck...

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