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Hello,
I am hesitant to even make this thread because it seems like such a freak rare thing to happen. Put I wanted to share that my 2021 Tremor with 50k miles is getting a replacement long block due to a spun rod bearing in cylinder 4. I have to say that Ford Country has made this as convenient as possible. They even got us an F150 so we didn't need to change upcoming vacation plans as well. Things happen and break, the service experience has been solid though.
I was always worried about putting a tune on the Ranger should something like this happen, so thankful I did not otherwise I might be SOL. I asked the foreman what if it was tuned, he said they would have had to prove it was the tune, which was actually cool to hear. He told me he ran a tune on his 5G Ranger and might on his 6G Raptor too. He told me you just never see this kind of failure on the 2.3L with a well maintained engine.
The day the knock happened was just another day, driving down the road and around 2500-3000rpm a knock was heard under moderate load right before the shift. I was still accelerating to 50mph when it happened. Let off the throttle immediately and got back on it, knock went away and came back. With light throttle (probably no boost) I could work my way up to speed without the knock. Got an appointment at the dealer the next day.
-5k full synthetic oil changes
-never tuned, only K&N filter
-coolant flush done around 45k (by 50k both diffs, trans and transfer case all had fluids done)
Saw it this morning, sure enough, the bearing was toast. He told me he thought his tech was BS'ing him when he heard there was a Ranger with a knock. He said it is just bad luck, which is what I told him, I couldn't find a single other Ranger in the forums that had an engine replaced. Probably a covid engine since we purchased around March 2021.
He said the Turbo oil lines looked good which was another worry I had.
He also mentioned that at their dealer they have not had any Rangers come in for the CDF drum either. He said the Rangers are very reliable overall.
Really, there was no warning of this. Maybe the person doing the oil changes could have seen some metal or maybe the oil filter caught it all. Even if someone did see something, until it failed, Ford wouldn't have done anything anyway.
It will get a remanufactured long block which I get it. He did say that the rotating assembly is new in them. It could be a mix of what is used though but I would presume the block and head castings are what is rebuilt. Maybe I will get lucky and have a new block too but I wont care enough to check castings. I just want it working 100%. Looking at all the new trucks, I really just want my 2021 back. Sure a 6G Raptor would be cool but it is like Eh, awesome truck but I love my truck.
Just sharing should it help someone out.
I am hesitant to even make this thread because it seems like such a freak rare thing to happen. Put I wanted to share that my 2021 Tremor with 50k miles is getting a replacement long block due to a spun rod bearing in cylinder 4. I have to say that Ford Country has made this as convenient as possible. They even got us an F150 so we didn't need to change upcoming vacation plans as well. Things happen and break, the service experience has been solid though.
I was always worried about putting a tune on the Ranger should something like this happen, so thankful I did not otherwise I might be SOL. I asked the foreman what if it was tuned, he said they would have had to prove it was the tune, which was actually cool to hear. He told me he ran a tune on his 5G Ranger and might on his 6G Raptor too. He told me you just never see this kind of failure on the 2.3L with a well maintained engine.
The day the knock happened was just another day, driving down the road and around 2500-3000rpm a knock was heard under moderate load right before the shift. I was still accelerating to 50mph when it happened. Let off the throttle immediately and got back on it, knock went away and came back. With light throttle (probably no boost) I could work my way up to speed without the knock. Got an appointment at the dealer the next day.
-5k full synthetic oil changes
-never tuned, only K&N filter
-coolant flush done around 45k (by 50k both diffs, trans and transfer case all had fluids done)
Saw it this morning, sure enough, the bearing was toast. He told me he thought his tech was BS'ing him when he heard there was a Ranger with a knock. He said it is just bad luck, which is what I told him, I couldn't find a single other Ranger in the forums that had an engine replaced. Probably a covid engine since we purchased around March 2021.
He said the Turbo oil lines looked good which was another worry I had.
He also mentioned that at their dealer they have not had any Rangers come in for the CDF drum either. He said the Rangers are very reliable overall.
Really, there was no warning of this. Maybe the person doing the oil changes could have seen some metal or maybe the oil filter caught it all. Even if someone did see something, until it failed, Ford wouldn't have done anything anyway.
It will get a remanufactured long block which I get it. He did say that the rotating assembly is new in them. It could be a mix of what is used though but I would presume the block and head castings are what is rebuilt. Maybe I will get lucky and have a new block too but I wont care enough to check castings. I just want it working 100%. Looking at all the new trucks, I really just want my 2021 back. Sure a 6G Raptor would be cool but it is like Eh, awesome truck but I love my truck.
Just sharing should it help someone out.
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