Any solutions to BBQ ticking???

[GT Pony]

I'd bet you could run 5W-30 and beat the engine all day long and it wouldn't cause any oil related damage what so ever. Ford specifies the 5W-20 so they can get an extra 1/2 MPG rating to help their fleet MPG Gov't requirement goals. There is nothing any different in the 2015 and 2016 Coyotes from the Boss 302 Coyote which Ford recommends running 5W-50 in for track use.

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[Ray721]

It's not even the Boss. My 14 Track Pack GT recommends 5w50.

I thought I was doing great at 48,000km no tick and oil changed every 5000km well before it needed to be changed. I put the car away for the winter of 14/15.

When I pulled it out in the spring and changed the oil about 1000km into the new oil I developed "the tick" it hasn't gone away since and it actually has become worse. Ford won't do anything about it. Told me to keep driving and hopefully if something fails I'm still under warranty. [emoji58]not impressed.

 

[rvlyssup]

You can't be serious.

Ford engineers designed your engine to run on a specific oil viscosity. Yet you want to modify that and use the incorrect engine oil, and you expect the manufacturer to warranty it? What are you smoking?

I aint smoking sh!t...just trying to address the ticking problem man. Incorrect engine oil, really? All the folks here running different oils on their s550s must be smoking crack or trying to pull a fast one.

My car and my money so f@ck off please.

Why don't you actually post helpful or some Ford-Tech babble instead of being a troll. Now back OT.

 

[mustang_guy]

I'd bet you could run 5W-30 and beat the engine all day long and it wouldn't cause any oil related damage what so ever. Ford specifies the 5W-20 so they can get an extra 1/2 MPG rating to help their fleet MPG Gov't requirement goals. There is nothing any different in the 2015 and 2016 Coyotes from the Boss 302 Coyote which Ford recommends running 5W-50 in for track use.

Thats exactly what the 5w20 is for. Its nothing more then an economy weight. The only 5w20 that holds up seems to be amsoil. 5w30 is perfectly acceptable. It just needs to meet or exceed motorcraft oil. 5w50 is a bit much for anyone unless its a track car and they race as hard as the stig.

These threads are getting old. Just like exhaust and what intake they should buy.

 

[FordTechOne]

I aint smoking sh!t...just trying to address the ticking problem man. Incorrect engine oil, really? All the folks here running different oils on their s550s must be smoking crack or trying to pull a fast one.

My car and my money so f@ck off please.

Why don't you actually post helpful or some Ford-Tech babble instead of being a troll. Now back OT.

There's something the matter with you....

Of course you can do whatever you want. But if an oil related engine problem occurs and you're using a non-approved oil viscosity. don't expect the manufacturer to cover it under warranty.

You asked the Ford rep if you could use the incorrect oil in your car and he/she said no. Why are you so surprised by that?

 

[paul123]

My car and my money so f@ck off please.

Of course you can do whatever you want. But if an oil related engine problem occurs and you're using a non-approved oil viscosity. don't expect the manufacturer to cover it under warranty.

You asked the Ford rep if you could use the incorrect oil in your car and he/she said no. Why are you so surprised by that?

Sounds like he will both use non-spec oil and expect warranty.

Chutzpah !

 

[paul123]

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So f@ck Ford and their sh!t for nothing mess way of treating customers concerns. I could also go on about the crappy interaction I had with the rep but I'll digress. It won't do a thing nor change the piss-poor business philosophy they have over there. So we just paid off the car and be done with it.

I'd rather have fun modding my car and get rid of as much crap Ford parts as I can.

why am I not surprised there was a "crappy interaction" with the rep

 

[rvlyssup]

why am I not surprised there was a "crappy interaction" with the rep

Lol...a nutswinger.

You don't know shit. I'll continue to digress so I'll leave you and your buddy Ford Tech to gloat some more.

 

[paul123]

Lol...a nutswinger.

You don't know shit. I'll continue to digress so I'll leave you and your buddy Ford Tech to gloat some more.

maybe so, but if my car made unpleasant sounds, I would take it to the dealership for a warranty diagnosis, do what they say, and try not to have a crappy interaction. If I thought they were giving me the brush-off, or otherwise incompetent, then I would go somewhere else, and try again. If a second shop comes up with a decent diagnosis, then the first shop gets a negative yelp rating.

Mine still ticks...not getting any louder or worse even when I put the AC on. So for now, I'll live with it & hope nothing catastrophic happens.

you never got a diagnosis for this? Engine ticking would definitely get on my nerves. Now if I got a second, and third opinion, one from an independent mechanic, who all felt that the engine is still solid and would hold up under the stress of a supercharger, I would more inclined to give it a pass.

 

[GT Pony]

What's so amazing about this whole ticking issue is that it's been going on for years on the Coyote platform, and yet there is no solid answer to why it happens, either from Ford or anyone else that I've ever come across.

People that have had the tick and let the dealership try and diagnose and fix it ended up getting new motors (short or long block) and the new motor still ticked. Yet some motors never develop the tick. It's a strange elusive issue.

 

[paul123]

What's so amazing about this whole ticking issue is that it's been going on for years on the Coyote platform, and yet there is no solid answer to why it happens, either from Ford or anyone else that I've ever come across.

People that have had the tick and let the dealership try and diagnose and fix it ended up getting new motors (short or long block) and the new motor still ticked. Yet some motors never develop the tick. It's a strange elusive issue.

if my engine did develop ticking, with no remedy, and it failed after warranty, for what I perceive to be a stupid reason, then I would avoid the DOHC VVT cars in the future, and go back to the old style push rod engines. Assuming they don't go away.

 

[H6G]

if my engine did develop ticking, with no remedy, and it failed after warranty, for what I perceive to be a stupid reason, then I would avoid the DOHC VVT cars in the future, and go back to the old style push rod engines. Assuming they don't go away.

Even LS3's can develop a noisy valve train..... I had both L99(with AFM) & LS3. I've even seen an LS7(427) produce a fairly loud valve train tick.....

 

[paul123]

Even LS3's can develop a noisy valve train..... I had both L99(with AFM) & LS3. I've even seen an LS7(427) produce a fairly loud valve train tick.....

I believe it. However, I perceive the push rod engines to be less complex, and easier (and cheaper) to work on. Mustang is the most bang for the buck but if I had to buy a Coyote out of pocket, or even make a complex engine repair on my own dime, then the math starts to get fuzzy. That said, I don't like the visibility out of the competition, so may my Coyote live long and prosper :ford:

 

[H6G]

I couldn't agree more...... Also, I do not miss the 'valve float' effect of a pushrod engine.

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