P. A. Schilke
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- Phil
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Hi Zaph,Seems to be all over the place. I once took inventory of all the Sept-Oct '19 Rangers (like mine) that reported and it was indeed ranging from .5% to the 5-10% range.
I cannot get my head around this fuel dilution either. We did not at Ford run just one durability vehicle and deem the motor good.... There were many vehicles in a plethora of tests. You would think a systemic problem would bubble up if it were design related....Now quality issues might bubble up with the larger sample size and this seems to be where this is headed, but what parts? Injectors were flagged. HPFP was flagged. Some fixed with injectors, some with fuel pump, some were not fixed??? Just flat do not get what is going on here... You are correct...we need hard data to present to Ford....not fuel smell... Buy back some problem vehicles. Yank the motors and put them on the dyno and run the crap out of them with oil changes and analysis...see if it radars on something. Besides durability vehicles we have many other test vehicles dedicated to ride and handling, NVH etc...they also were used as pool vehicles if not in use for testing....you would think these additional vehicles would demonstrate a problem...Ford does not live in a vacuum.....Again...flat weird and hopefully Ford will start investigating.... Not the Ford Dealer telling customers, but Ford Motor Co. Engine Engineering....
Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired
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