1958cyclist
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Hi All:
I recently read in the March issue of Mustang Times, John Clor's story regarding regarding the failure of his Gen 1 Coyote in his F-150. As I recall, he had something like 168,000 miles on the motor, presumably it was well maintained, and as his story starts, the motor began to develop the "Coyote Tick" which upon visiting a local dealer was told that they all do this and not to concern himself with it. As the story proceeds, the tick get increasingly louder finally resulting in his truck completely shutting down while on a highway trip. Post teardown and examination revealed a broken cam chain.
I guess my question to the group would be, is there, or should there be some kind of wear check or maintenance done as the mileage climbs on these motors regarding these chains? If I recall from my motoring past, that some overhead valve driven motors did require a timing belt/chain replacement at certain mileage intervals.
I don't know if John's experience was a rare occurrence, but its association to the "Coyote Tick" seems worrisome.
I recently read in the March issue of Mustang Times, John Clor's story regarding regarding the failure of his Gen 1 Coyote in his F-150. As I recall, he had something like 168,000 miles on the motor, presumably it was well maintained, and as his story starts, the motor began to develop the "Coyote Tick" which upon visiting a local dealer was told that they all do this and not to concern himself with it. As the story proceeds, the tick get increasingly louder finally resulting in his truck completely shutting down while on a highway trip. Post teardown and examination revealed a broken cam chain.
I guess my question to the group would be, is there, or should there be some kind of wear check or maintenance done as the mileage climbs on these motors regarding these chains? If I recall from my motoring past, that some overhead valve driven motors did require a timing belt/chain replacement at certain mileage intervals.
I don't know if John's experience was a rare occurrence, but its association to the "Coyote Tick" seems worrisome.
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