I hear you. The model truck I'll get next has recently replaced a 5.7 V8 with a 3.5 V6 that has 50 more h.p. than the V8 had.
If it’s the truck I’m thinking it is may still want to hold off awhile because they are still having lower end issues. While not huge numbers it’s a lot more that’s the 5.7 ever had and the rear axils aren’t doing so hot either at the moment.
How one is geared can definitely make up for less engine. We put 4.56 gears in our little Toyota. Now with the cruise control on it stays in drive pulling a trailer on hills it used to shift down to 3rd on.
Yeah they just recalled another batch because machining debris was left in the crankcase. I hope someone has a warm sitter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donne... sometimes called,and eating two Miwok guides.
Not 100% sure just the USA built engines some Lexus had issues also with Japanese engines. The machining debris may have been an excuse it sounds like and many are starting to believe it’s the web structure that clamps the mains not being designed correctly and the oil ports not providing enough oil to main bearings. Since it’s now been 4-5 years they should have a handle on flushing the block out.
I go every 4000 with synthetic oil and the good 10$ filters in my 2.7 ecoboost same as I did in my 2014 3.5 ecoboost. The gen one 3.5 was known for timing chain stretch and phaser issues but mine had original timing set at 115,000 when traded in. Would have kept but dealer offered great trade on new one.
Um 115k ain't much.
Never said it was and would have kept it but got great trade because they needed used trucks to sell. My 2.7 has 71,000 right now and I plan on keeping my cousin has a 2016 2.7 and it has 285,000 on it original turbos and everything. And all trucks can start to require some maintenance at the 100-125,000 area. My best friend is a Toyota guy and he had to put a new timing belt and radiator in his tundra 4.7 at 120,000. Yes it’s scheduled maintenance for belt but the radiator that was shot wasn’t and that was like 3000$ repair between belt and radiator. So still putting 3000$ in at 100-125000 to keep going they all require money and maintenance. All the cars from when I was a kid had odometers that rolled over at 99,000 and there was a good reason they did because it was worn out at 100,000 lots of times body or engine sometimes both. Also with the 3.5 in the 2014 lots of people did timing sets at 40-60000 miles if they did 10-12,000 mile oil changes. People that did 4000 like me got 125-200,000 even on the small single chain that ran both banks and was prone to wear and stretch. The 3.5 gen 2 went to double heavier chains and they added port injection to go with direct to wash the intake valves preventing carbon build up problems like the gen 1 2.7 and 3.5 had.
We bought a bunch of rams at the mine I work at but the hemi can’t handle the idle time they get and there’s been many replacement engines and a fair bit of electrical issues. They are down to the last few rams and have gone back to ford and Chevy only again. They quit fords for a bit after they went to aluminum i suppose as kind of a protest being I work at a taconite mine in mn but now are buying them again. The last of the rams here sound like they have someone trapped under the hood with a small ball peen hammer rapping on the fenders. All of them need the cam and lifters replaced so they will be the last of the rams.
