Grease Monkey Garage

[davidwyby]

-34C /26 below F tonight
-43C / 45 below F tomorrow night.
You win

Holy cow

Coldest I’ve been is +6f

You want to come stay in my trailer?

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Holy cow

Coldest I’ve been is +6f

You want to come stay in my trailer?

I've got you beet by 62 degrees.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

I have used is in my old s10, did a lot of mpg testing with it. It worked the best of all the things I tried, it would pick up 1-3 mpg on average, a friend gave me a half case when he got a diesel

What year s10? I wonder if a little lubricity and detergent in the fuel helped those little poppet valves open and close more efficiently. They're subjected to heat and carbon build-up.

In my old vortec 350/305/4.3 vehicle manual, you were supposed to run a fuel cleaner to keep these little poppet buggers propper.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Anybody know the good or bad about a 2009 F-150 4x4? My in laws are going to look at one that's supposed to only have 94k on it. From what I understand they are good as long as you get the 4.6 2v engine. I don't know if Ford was still using the E40D transmission in 2009, I remember those being really good in the 90's trucks.

 

[hacskaroly]

Anybody know the good or bad about a 2009 F-150 4x4? My in laws are going to look at one that's supposed to only have 94k on it. From what I understand they are good as long as you get the 4.6 2v engine. I don't know if Ford was still using the E40D transmission in 2009, I remember those being really good in the 90's trucks.

I have an older 98 F250 4x4, odometer shows 405k, I bought it at 400k miles. It is on it's second engine, 5.4 Triton v8, changed out about 6 years ago (according to the invoices in the glove box), so I don't know exactly how many actual miles are on the current engine. It currently has a small head gasket leak, but no oil/fuel/bubbles showing up in the coolant, I am guessing when the engine was replaced, the heads and block weren't resurfaced. Everything else seems to be running good, still has get-up-and-go and transmission is shifting as it should without issues. I just had a plastic windshield wiper bushing go, it had been running for a while without grease and just wore the plastic down. $12 for four new bushings and it is back in business.

I have heard bad things about the 5.4 engines (mostly from the internet), but the mechanic that has looked at mine says they are good engines and the one I have is running pretty solidly minus the small leak. I look forward to driving my truck everyday, I enjoy it. It still has some minor issues to resolve like fixing the cruise control, lights to the 4-wheel drive knob and 4-wheel low (4-high works fine).

 

[They call me Mr. Kibbs]

Anybody know the good or bad about a 2009 F-150 4x4? My in laws are going to look at one that's supposed to only have 94k on it. From what I understand they are good as long as you get the 4.6 2v engine. I don't know if Ford was still using the E40D transmission in 2009, I remember those being really good in the 90's trucks.

Might do some research on the spark plugs. I have an '06 F350 with the 5.4, and although I change them often enough to not be a problem, they were known to seize up in the head and break when trying to remove them. The '14 E250 we had at work ejected plugs like a pez dispenser. We sent that one down the road after the 3rd one. It had the 5.4 also, but I seem to recall that the 4.6 had its share of plug issues also, best of luck!.

As long as I'm here, does anyone know what Ford's thought process was with having 16 plugs in the 6.2 gas? I bought a used '19 F250 about 6 months ago and just have not been in the right circles to ask anyone yet

 

[hacskaroly]

As long as I'm here, does anyone know what Ford's thought process was with having 16 plugs in the 6.2 gas? I bought a used '19 F250 about 6 months ago and just have not been in the right circles to ask anyone yet

I have not heard of that, is that two plugs per cylinder (8)?

Edit: I have heard of this in aviation engines, appears that these in vehicle engines are to ensure more complete and even burn?

AI states: Engines use two spark plugs per cylinder primarily for more complete and efficient combustion, leading to better power, fuel economy, and lower emissions, while also providing critical safety redundancy, especially in aircraft, where a backup plug ensures the engine keeps running if one fails. This dual ignition creates two flame fronts, ensuring rapid and even ignition across the entire fuel-air mixture, preventing hotspots and misfires, particularly in complex cylinder designs or at high RPMs.

 

[alfack]

My '06 F150 is running strong. It has the 5.4 3 valve engine. The first plug change, 5 broke off in the head. Had to get a special tool to extract them. I rebuilt the top half of the motor with upgraded oem parts, as preventative maintenance for cam phaser issues. Solid truck, now.

 

[FergusonTO35]

When I was a tech, I remember the 90's and 2000's 4.6 was a really good engine and we saw few problems with them. Now the truck surrounding it wasn't that great, but at least the drive line was good.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I have not heard of that, is that two plugs per cylinder (8)?

Edit: I have heard of this in aviation engines, appears that these in vehicle engines are to ensure more complete and even burn?

AI states: Engines use two spark plugs per cylinder primarily for more complete and efficient combustion, leading to better power, fuel economy, and lower emissions, while also providing critical safety redundancy, especially in aircraft, where a backup plug ensures the engine keeps running if one fails. This dual ignition creates two flame fronts, ensuring rapid and even ignition across the entire fuel-air mixture, preventing hotspots and misfires, particularly in complex cylinder designs or at high RPMs.

Ford and Nissan had a hard on for two plugs per cylinder, mostly in the four bangers. I didn't know that some of the V8's had it too. A parts bill for 16 iridium plugs, man that's painful to think about!

 

[hacskaroly]

A parts bill for 16 iridium plugs, man that's painful to think about!

I was thinking the same thing and just think if you need to replace the coil packs too!!

 

[They call me Mr. Kibbs]

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I was thinking the same thing and just think if you need to replace the coil packs too!!

No kidding! At least the recommended interval is 100k miles. Of course, with my driving requirements that's about 4-5 years.....Meh, as long as they don't break and spit out like past Ferds I'll look at it like is was a '65 283 that needed 8 new plugs about every 20k miles. Course that plug change took about 20 minutes!

 

[hacskaroly]

Course that plug change took about 20 minutes!

Yeah, I think the newer trucks were designed by Asians with small hands...its miserable for me to get the back two plugs out or even get to the starter wires on the starter!!