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I have read so many threads on the ticking that their contents all start to meld together, but somewhere someone claimed a tech friend of theirs avers that these engines don't like the full 8 quarts, that 7.7 quarts makes the engine run happy and stop ticking. Another poster told me his engine...

I don't blame you. I've been dealing with this for over a year.

We bought these cars to enjoy them. Ford suggesting you need to treat it like a Toyota Avalon or you void the warranty is disgusting. You plopped down 30-40k on a car you expected was a rival to an e92 M3, not a brute made of glass. So will you be buying a new '15 or '16 GT to replace your old...

A friend of mine is very good with statistics, so I'll check, but to me, .5% failure for the engine is pretty high. That's one in 200 motors fails. Three sigma engineering isn't six sigma. I will admit we have to wonder if that .5% figure takes into account variables like the driver and any...

I wish I could. Unfortunately taking a 15,000 dollar hit at this moment isn't an option for me. Altjx you have a video of the sound yours makes? I've been looking around to see if the 2015s have as prevalent of ticking/snapping noises as the old ones.

Honestly Ruby I only wish I had had the problems I'm having now when my car wasn't 3 years old, and didn't have 60,000 miles on it. only for the last 17,000 miles have I been having unsolvable engine problems.

Sorry it took so much effort to set this right. I'm glad this worked out for you in the end, however.

I broke the two engines in differently. First one I drove like I stole it from day one. The new engine I broke in according to the manual. No extended WOT firs 100 miles, no lugging engine firs 1000 miles (or at all), vary speed frequently, did part throttle acceleration and engine braking to...

The engine in the 2015 is not the same as the 2011-2014. You have a new crankshaft design, new rods, pistons, valves, vale springs, cams, and the heads are somewhat revised. I have money on Ford made revisions in that list to prevent the problem. Using 5w50 might not be a problem, but I wouldn't...

Yea, I know 5w30 will not hurt anything. All reports say that the track pack engine is identical to the regular GT engine, and the track pack spec is 5w50. The old part numbers there were two different engine part numbers, one for track pack, and one for regular GT, and they were different...

I have to admit your car sounds like my old engine: This is after the oil change tick went away [ame] This is the oil change tick at its worst. Notice that besides the snapping at idle, when I got up the driveway, it makes the same noise as my new engine. Also the new engine will make the...

Thanks. The terrible part is it started ticking like this within 300 miles of replacement. I have only one video where it was even slightly audible. I have another video where you can hear chattering on the driver's side reminiscent of the snapping at idle that the worst barbecue ticking engines...

I know you pain Ruby. My new long block got the same tick as the old one on its first oil change. When I brought it back I this scratch on my roof: http://imgur.com/MQdFVdZ And the evap canister purge valve they replaced did nothing (of course). Only mine is old and I cannot lemon law.

He means did they find the damage before they started the engine so as not to make anything worse. I think it likely they discovered the damage on disassembling it.

The '11 and '12 Coyotes have piston oil squirters. I believe the '13s and '14s do as well, but almost any auto blog/rag you'll see says they were removed. I have been to auto shows where the engine cutaways were labeled as having oil squirters for the 2013s and 2014s as well. I have read about...