How do you like your 5g?

[Dirtman]

Direct injection engines last just as long as regular fuel injection. They just get alot more crud in the intake valves. Part of routine maintenance on a direct injection engine should be a decarbonizing treatment, as well as only using high quality gasoline and quality synthetic oil.

If you use cheap gas, crappy discount oil, and never clean the intake valves yup you're gonna have problems.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Direct injection engines last just as long as regular fuel injection. They just get alot more crud in the intake valves. Part of routine maintenance on a direct injection engine should be a decarbonizing treatment, as well as only using high quality gasoline and quality synthetic oil.

If you use cheap gas, crappy discount oil, and never clean the intake valves yup you're gonna have problems.

In 2021 sorry but that is almost a design flaw.

We have a new bronco reserved and i still havent settled on an engine. Easy too service 2.3 with possible valve coking or for $1800 more get the 2.7 shoehorned in that will never have an issue with valve coking...

 

[MikeG]

So the 2.7 is non direct injection?

Are there any engines left for the Bronco, Ranger, or F150 that are not turbos, and non-direct-injection?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

So the 2.7 is non direct injection?

Are there any engines left for the Bronco, Ranger, or F150 that are not turbos, and non-direct-injection?

2.7 has it both ways. That is the fix, for whatever reason the little guys have yet to receive the fix.

 

[MikeG]

I went searching for what the current truck engines are. Got excited when I saw there was a diesel F150 option.... till I discovered it cost almost as much as I paid for my house. WTF.......

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I went searching for what the current truck engines are. Got excited when I saw there was a diesel F150 option.... till I discovered it cost almost as much as I paid for my house. WTF.......

It also has like a 10' long timing belt on the front and a shorter one on the back of the engine to run the fuel pump...

 

[sgtsandman]

@sgtsandman @HenryMac

Either of you have the base radio? Does it have Bluetooth connectivity? I'm not impressed new stuff doesn't come with cd players, I at least need to be able to connect my phone for pandora. Everything I've found to read about online is about the fancy radio I'm relatively sure.

My radio has blue tooth. It has the smaller, non touch screen, which I think is the base radio. It has blue tooth, Sirius XM, a USB connection, and wifi via your phone. I think that is about it. There are some features that Ford promotes but you have to have the bigger, touch screen for them to work. Navigation is one of them but there is also some other apps as well. I'd rather have separate, stand alone items for most of those anyway. The more stuff you load into a system, the more that can go wrong and the more the unit costs.

 

[Dirtman]

Even my cheap base feista without a touchscreen has bluetooth. What doesn't these days?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Even my cheap base feista without a touchscreen has bluetooth. What doesn't these days?

Heh, even my '85 does...

 

[racsan]

My ‘94 has a aftermarket bluetooth radio. It also has a remote, whatever for? its a regular cab.

 

[Blmpkn]

Direct injection engines last just as long as regular fuel injection. They just get alot more crud in the intake valves. Part of routine maintenance on a direct injection engine should be a decarbonizing treatment, as well as only using high quality gasoline and quality synthetic oil.

If you use cheap gas, crappy discount oil, and never clean the intake valves yup you're gonna have problems.

What seems to be the king of all decarbonizing treatments in your experience? And how frequently do you do it?

 

[Dirtman]

What seems to be the king of all decarbonizing treatments in your experience? And how frequently do you do it?

I haven't owned a direct injection engine long enough to need to do anything yet. When my moms edge is due I'm probably just gonna have the dealer do it. Doing it every 50,000 miles seems to be a fairly good consensus, but I think I'll have the edge done at 25,000 because it idles alot and just makes a bunch of short trips.

I just use seafoam through the throttle body every year or two on the ranger. When I had the intake off I checked the valves and they were spotless, but it's not DI and it only has 75,000 miles so who knows how much the seafoam actually did.

 

[Blmpkn]

I haven't owned a direct injection engine long enough to need to do anything yet. When my moms edge is due I'm probably just gonna have the dealer do it. Doing it every 50,000 miles seems to be a fairly good consensus, but I think I'll have the edge done at 25,000 because it idles alot and just makes a bunch of short trips.

I just use seafoam through the throttle body every year or two on the ranger. When I had the intake off I checked the valves and they were spotless, but it's not DI and it only has 75,000 miles so who knows how much the seafoam actually did.

Ok cool thanks for the input, if 50k seems to be the target interval I probably won't have to bother until the trucks paid off. Thats convenient.

Do you know the process a dealer takes to decarbon?

 

[Dirtman]

Do you know the process a dealer takes to decarbon?

You'd have to ask @adsm08 that. I think they just use a "Ford" version of seafoam through the intake but on a new $35,000 car I'd rather have them take the chance screwing it up and hydro locking it.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I think in extreme cases... media blasting. Perhaps walnut shells.