Sounds like they either trolled forums, looking for the standard common complaints, or they just used google and cherry picked what they could to make a boring article.
But they're right though, there's a lot of garbage from Fords stable lately.
My question is whats causing the burnt clutch packs?
Designed material?
Designed soft shifts?
Overtemp of the assembly and therefore the oil?
Combination of all?
Adding extra cooling may only solve the overtemp condition if it exists, and do nothing about the other two, but still end up with...
Thats assbackwards from my experiences.
And I believe thats one thing that keeps these transmission threads alive and kicking. The fact everyone has a different quirk, makes it hard to nail down an overall silver bullet on the transmission.
Theres a process on forscan that may work that apparently came from a chatgpt request.
But the disclaimer will leave you holding all the marbles if something goes wrong down the road. You know you will lose any warranty coverage if you disable it.
Note: It's important to note that disabling the...
You connect the dots.
Not everything is a conspiracy.
As published, they state 87 octane, and those numbers HP/TQ are on the same page.
Beyond that they made a specific change to the Bronco for a reason. That was more directed at a hard core crowd about off road performance, bragging rights and...
There's several recent TSB's on the trans. Not just the one listed above.
I would like to believe that many of us with issues, would see relief if they were applied.
Not bashing you, but something like this, I would need several other qualified sources to agree before I would try it.
I've seen what oven cleaner has done to my stainless steel sink after trying to clean BBQ grates, and it wasn't pretty
My unscientific opinion believes that if you're going to check off more boxes with 50 oil than OEM specifications, you'll probably be OK (at least for the duration you own the vehicle)
Things like higher temps, longer drives and higher power output, you may see some benefits that outweigh the...
I'm leaning to your #9 as a contributor to your problem via leaky injectors, but it won't be the only cause.
To lose that much mileage that you claim, you're probably approaching 15% more fuel use compared to others averages, and you're oil can't be diluted that bad. or could it?
I'm suspecting...