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I'm betting Ford knows exactly what causes the BBQ tick, yet in their SSM they won't say what the cause is. To me, that says something, because if it's caused by excessive parts clearances, then technically you could make Ford replace short blocks that are out of spec. If the cause was something that wouldn't cause a warranty claim (like oil cavitation in the journal bearings), then why won't Ford say what the actual cause is?Indeed, it makes no sense.
I cannot imagine Ford keeping on replacing these parts year after year, with all the labour costs it entails, for 7 (?) years if there was no problem apart from obnoxious noise. Like, somebody at Ford finally noticed that hey, we're paying X hundred thousands (X millions?) each year to replace this stuff but we have no idea whether it's actually a problem or not. Why don't we now, after 7 years, instead assign engineer Bob to spend a month or two to on this issue to determine if there really is a problem here or not?
I don't think so. I'm betting the calculation was indeed that it's cheaper to only replace those that do end up breaking within the warranty period and let the rest fend for themselves.
Also provides a very simple reason for why they don't want to state what the cause is, and why they want to consider it "normal and no problem".
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