Motor trashed at 34K and Very Unhappy!!! Now what??

bigal614

bigal614

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Well it doesn't seem like Ford wants to help at all so the next Big diesel truck I buy Won't be a Ford!! But since I love this car and need to wait until my GN is done, what motor/engine setup can I go back with without any or too many mods? factory 4.6 supercharged, 5.4, etc? I WON'T be buying one from Ford, I'd rather give someone else the $$$$$!!!! I might as well try to get more HP if I have to, that is without spending too much money on it!! I NEVER expected to have to drop 4 or 5K on a 34K car/motor!! Never been to the track I might add.
 
Sell the heads on a Mustang site and recoup 800-1000 dollars.
Sell the lower intake for about 100-300 dollars on a Mustang site.
 
I'm in Savannah, Ga which is about 2 hrs north of Jacksonville, FL but my mech told me that the heads would be all scarred up from no oil pressure? Would they still be a desire for someone?
 
I know where you can get a good engine/tranny for about $3500 in the Atlanta area. Low miles. Then sell the tranny, your old heads, your old intake manifold and you'll have about $2500 in the parts to get your car back on the road.

And your failure isn't Ford's fault so they aren't going to eat the cost. It's due to the underdrive pulleys. You're not the first to experience it.
 
What does the underdrive pulleys have to do with it? Do they create a internal problem with the engine?
 
johnkuhn said:
What does the underdrive pulleys have to do with it? Do they create a internal problem with the engine?
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IIRC, it has to due with creating a misbalance issue and eating up the gears in the oil pump? Shot in the dark there, it's been awhile for me.
 
Well ANY help would Greatly be appreciated!!! Are there any other engine options that I can check on? such as a SC SVT motor, etc.?

How about the motor/tranny in Atlanta?

And what Underdrives if any should I go back with?
 
johnkuhn said:
What does the underdrive pulleys have to do with it? Do they create a internal problem with the engine?
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While I'm not 100% sure - I believe the installation of the undrive lower pulley/damper may be the problem.
 
Yea, seriously! I was going to buy a set in a month or two, and now I will NEVER put UD's on. That sucks though man about your engine. I'm sure you'll find a better one.
 
Any underdrive pulley set sold since 2004 and up is fine.
Its the first sets that caused problems cause of misprinted instructions or something to that effect.
 
bigal614 said:
Well it doesn't seem like Ford wants to help at all so the next Big diesel truck I buy Won't be a Ford!! But since I love this car and need to wait until my GN is done, what motor/engine setup can I go back with without any or too many mods? factory 4.6 supercharged, 5.4, etc? I WON'T be buying one from Ford, I'd rather give someone else the $$$$$!!!! I might as well try to get more HP if I have to, that is without spending too much money on it!! I NEVER expected to have to drop 4 or 5K on a 34K car/motor!! Never been to the track I might add.
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What does it have to do with a Diesel?
Ford's new Diesels are impressive, and far ahead of the rest.
 
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RCSignals said:
What does it have to do with a Diesel?
Ford's new Diesels are impressive, and far ahead of the rest.
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It has to do with the fact that he doesn't want to give any further profits to Ford. The diesels are VERY profitable for all of the big 3 and he wants to spend the money with a company that will stand by him when things go wrong.

I would have agreed with him had he not modded his engine.

Will GM/ Dodge stand by him after he mods his engine? I doubt it.
 
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