Thread: Ecoboost

Haha! I've been easy on mine the whole time minus a couple occasions where I just couldn't help it anymore! Only got 500 more miles to go though till I break a thousand. Being a college student, its hard to wait that long to let that 5.0 drink when your truck sits for a week or two at the time non stop.

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@baldyman. I wouldn't be surprised if it did. The only driving I've really done so far is in and around athens, Georgia and back and forth to Augusta which is only an hour and a half drive. I think after ten thousand or so I may be able to get a couple more mpg on the highway and around town hopefully.

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Originally Posted by dcj1

Haha! I've been easy on mine the whole time minus a couple occasions where I just couldn't help it anymore! Only got 500 more miles to go though till I break a thousand. Being a college student, its hard to wait that long to let that 5.0 drink when your truck sits for a week or two at the time non stop.

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@baldyman. I wouldn't be surprised if it did. The only driving I've really done so far is in and around athens, Georgia and back and forth to Augusta which is only an hour and a half drive. I think after ten thousand or so I may be able to get a couple more mpg on the highway and around town hopefully.

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U gota start puttin some mods on it. Do ur exhaust up nice so she can breath. So when u do put ur foot in her she sounds smooth

Any recommendations?! Haha.

Originally Posted by dcj1

Any recommendations?! Haha.

If you want loud, Flowmaster. If you just want a nicer tone then stock I recommend Magnaflow, Borla, or Gibson. Or if you're willing to spend a lot, a Banks system.

I'm starting to get to the point where I'm losing confidence in this engine. 3 times it's given me trouble. I don't know what to do about it, I don't know who to talk to. 2 times I've been crossing highways when it loses its power! If the oncoming traffic hadn't been as far away as they have been so far I might not be here right now. Love the truck, love the power when its there, but I cant have it spontaneously cutting out and doing this idle mode garbage where it just rolls at 20km/h. This is a serious issue that keeps coming up, and I'm done recommending the ecoboost to anyone.

Originally Posted by masonic

I'm starting to get to the point where I'm losing confidence in this engine. 3 times it's given me trouble. I don't know what to do about it, I don't know who to talk to. 2 times I've been crossing highways when it loses its power! If the oncoming traffic hadn't been as far away as they have been so far I might not be here right now. Love the truck, love the power when its there, but I cant have it spontaneously cutting out and doing this idle mode garbage where it just rolls at 20km/h. This is a serious issue that keeps coming up, and I'm done recommending the ecoboost to anyone.

To be honest I think it's just the 3.5L V6 in general, not just the Ecoboost. My mom has just the plain 3.5L in her 2010 Edge and about a year ago she had the same problem. Check engine light would come on and it'd go into limp mode and go like 15mph. Took it to the dealership as it was still under warranty and they couldn't find anything wrong. Left and it immediately happened again, and same thing, and then it happened a third time after leaving again. Techs said they couldn't find anything wrong which is bs since it threw a code obviously with the CEL, but that was just Huntington Beach Ford being cheap and not wanting to fix things under warranty, why we never go there anymore. Back to the point however, the Ecoboost is a great engine with the power they were able to get out of it, however that power comes at a price. Two turbos, and turbos need pretty exact conditions to run properly. And plus the 3.5L just seems to be a problem engine by itself lol. No offense to you, but that's why I'd just get the 5.0, or if you really need the towing capacity the 6.2. Good old V8 power and no technology to f*** up.

I needed a daily driver with the power on the weekend. So it's been perfect, but I can't have it be unreliable like this.

You're still under warranty aren't you? Blow the motor and make Ford replace it lol. Jk of course. But yeah I get you man, I'd take it in and see if the techs (God-forbid if they actually do) can figure out what's going on or have a fix.

I told him this morning I've had enough of this garbage and how ridiculously unsafe it is but he looked very uninterested. You're not the first one to suggest blowing the engine. Lol

Wow, what a great mechanic he is. Any other dealerships nearby? And just keep you're Selectshift in 1st and gun it down the road lol.