Engine is done/seized - 2019 Bullitt

[Cobra Jet]

They're not going to rebuild an engine that had a catastrophic failure and blew metal particles throughout the rotating assembly. It's not worth the time or cost from a shop labor perspective, parts procurement perspective and it's a future risk as far as a warranty concern IF all debris is not removed from the block.

Ford Engineering is probably asking for the head removal and requiring additional images of the internal damages.

I'm with the rest of the consensus on here too - this is the first occurrence of a Bullitt failure I've seen and heard of (online).

We can speculate the "why", but I don't think this Bullitt failure will be similar to the current GT350 FSA, not with the OP's accrued mileage. Most of the GT350/350R and GT500 failures have occurred rather quickly - like literally within the first 100-3,000 miles of use.

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[Mustang_Lou]

Yeah it's just a Coyote block and those are dead reliable. I suspect assembly error.

 

[npole]

Assembly error after 12k miles?

 

[Mustang_Lou]

Something that would let go slowly perhaps, yes.

 

[sport160]

As other have said truly sorry to read this, hope they get you sorted out quickly and with good end results.

 

[boostmark]

Could be a valve retainer. Have you ever seen one? They are tiny little half round metal pieces and one might have slipped though the hardening process. Could happen to any brand of motor. Look at Dodge having problems with lifters and cams. Hope they get it fixed for you.

 

[TXAG96]

Considering the OP is in ITALY, I say we all take a trip to help with the Failure Analysis.
npole: can you recommend a good local wine?

 

[Vlad Soare]

Who needs wine? That country looks really gorgeous even when you're sober.

 

[JuicySmollet]

Ran into a GT350 on the road last week, he said he had his engine replaced at 13K miles...it may be similar issue.

 

[DC-Imported]

Ran into a GT350 on the road last week, he said he had his engine replaced at 13K miles...it may be similar issue.

That was my exact situation. 2018 R model ... engine gave out on the way home from work. I had tracked it a full weekend 6months prior with no issue. It was an odd experience, but warranty took care of everything.

 

[ice445]

I'm thinking detonation/LSPI given the timing of the failure and the destroyed piston. But who knows. That's probably why Ford wants to see the head, to make sure the valve train hadn't failed and caused this failure.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Just curious - any updates?

 

[npole]

Will have an update tomorrow (May 4th).

 

[npole]

Not much details (not on the interesting side at least...).
The head has been opened, the shots have been provided to Ford, and Ford have acknowledged that the damage is beyond repair. Apparently they have asked to open the head not to check about the cause of the fault (that I imagine will be followed internally), but as a confirmation that the engine was effectively done and to be changed.
A new engine is already on its way (coming from Cologne, Germany), it seems the waiting will be less than what I believed initially, and hopefully I will have my car back in an acceptable amount of time (finger crossed).
So far there's no speculation of what have caused the damage, and if the engine will return to Ford I doubt I will ever know. Hopefully when I'll go back to the shop I will have more details from the mechanics.
I'm only disappointed about one thing: I did not get any info about the service car, neither from the local dealer, neither from Ford (that have initially told me that I would have been called back to arrange the free rental).

 

[NGOT8R]

Glad to hear that you will be taken care of properly.

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