2015 EB motor

[Jcopin]

Since I was fortunate enough (hah) to get a 2015 (i never buy 1st year cars..until now) how do i tell if my motor is one of the bad ones? If it is il just leave it as is until time to sell it.

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[klineka]

There have been sooo many threads on this. The search feature works wonders...

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62262&highlight=ecoboost+engine+build+date

 

[Jcopin]

There have been sooo many threads on this. The search feature works wonders...

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62262&highlight=ecoboost+engine+build+date

aww thanks. i am a big fan of passive aggressiveness too.

i did try. btw but couldn't find any clear cut answers. I guess i was not typing the right terms in, but bless your little heart for the suggestion!!

 

[Chef jpd]

The short answer is that not all 15's are bad.
Don't get radical with turbo mods and you should be fine.

 

[metalhead79]

How many verifiable reports are there of failures that weren't caused by user error (i.e. lugging, etc...)?

I'm genuinely curious. I've only seen a handful. It makes me think the problems with the early engines are grossly exaggerated.

 

[klineka]

aww thanks. i am a big fan of passive aggressiveness too.

i did try. btw but couldn't find any clear cut answers. I guess i was not typing the right terms in, but bless your little heart for the suggestion!!

No problem. Glad I could help. Not really sure about the whole passive aggressive thing though, I just stated facts. There have been so many threads on this before, and the search feature does work wonders, sometimes its just a matter of trying different search terms and phrases until you find what you are looking for. :shrug:

 

[PewterCam]

... It makes me think the problems with the early engines are grossly exaggerated.

Yup grossly exaggerated sums it up. about a dozen 2015 EBs blew on this board from late 2014 to now. Of those around half of them were people that knew they were pushing it or did something silly like stack a pcm tune on top of a Boostmax.

 

[Jcopin]

let me just say. in my defense, I was dying for a cigarette this morning for some reason so i MAY have over reacted ;). (quit a while ago). Also I tried searching for engine code..which kind of just brought up tons of error code threads. Still could have lived without the "hey stupid" type of response to my post.

toodles!

 

[Jcopin]

apparently i have one of the later Spain motors.

from the code it looks like Feb 5th 2015
48k on it. runs fine..except for the driveshaft going bad.

and the oil leak from the timing chain area....


besides that. its been peachy.

 

[xXANCHORMONXx]

aww thanks. i am a big fan of passive aggressiveness too.

i did try. btw but couldn't find any clear cut answers. I guess i was not typing the right terms in, but bless your little heart for the suggestion!!

It's called instant gratification.

You were too lazy to do a simple search more than once and now have recreated a beat to death topic.

 

[2015 Silver GT]

It's called instant gratification.

You were too lazy to do a simple search more than once and now have recreated a beat to death topic.

I agree. The search button is simple to use here but apparently too much work for some.

 

[Turbong]

Yup grossly exaggerated sums it up. about a dozen 2015 EBs blew on this board from late 2014 to now. Of those around half of them were people that knew they were pushing it or did something silly like stack a pcm tune on top of a Boostmax.

There were clearly changes, it's just not confirmed exactly what those were, also Adam mentioned in the block appeared to be beefier built. I'm sure the development of the RS they learned quite enough to make proper changes more quickly. Also the fact no 2016+ models have been reported documented booms, surely we would have seen a few by now if fixes were not implemented.

 

[PewterCam]

There were clearly changes, it's just not confirmed exactly what those were, also Adam mentioned in the block appeared to be beefier built. I'm sure the development of the RS they learned quite enough to make proper changes more quickly. Also the fact no 2016+ models have been reported documented booms, surely we would have seen a few by now if fixes were not implemented.

I agree there were changes. all cars have running changes during their production live so it's nothing new or out of the ordinary and it still does not justify calling it an epidemic and a reason to be super paranoid about it.

 

[metalhead79]

There were clearly changes, it's just not confirmed exactly what those were, also Adam mentioned in the block appeared to be beefier built. I'm sure the development of the RS they learned quite enough to make proper changes more quickly. Also the fact no 2016+ models have been reported documented booms, surely we would have seen a few by now if fixes were not implemented.

Is there actual data from Ford on that? Forum posting is an extremely imprecise method to determine failures.

Without data from Ford, all this tells is you that no one with a 2016/2017 who posts on a forum has had their engine fail.

 

[Maggneto]

Adam stated that he found rod bolt torque numbers to be all over the place while disassembling an early motor. That would suggest the rod torque tool was malfunctioning at some point as all the torque numbers were different from the other. Also, there has been a Cleveland Engine failure on this forum, search for the Ecoboom thread.

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