Gotta get rid of Jim Farley first, that guy is a moron. I'm blown away he even made it past a manager position at any point in his life let alone becoming the ceo
That is part of it, from a more insider perspective, most companies production and design got put on cruise control because of all the covid BS, then slack-from-home helped finish it off.
What's happen to all these engines is two fold, one fold is what you said, smaller size, turbo, extremely thin oil. The other fold is lack of oversight that led to problems, then that same lack of oversight led to problems that continued WAY longer than they should have.
The main reason we're are hearing about them now is the method of failure. Engines, for the most part, used to fail from ring/piston failures which caused catastrophic compression loss which lead to break downs.
There is no regulation against making shitty engines. There are, however, rules against shitty engines that shot piston/rods out the side of the block in an explosion that leads to a complete failure.
Most of these newer cars are suffering from improper crank and/or rod bearing designs that are blasting the piston and/rod through the block. Still more of a "shitty motor" issue BUT that failure method has a very high likelihood of creating a fire. That, in the other hand, is a big problem in the eyes of regulators.
THAT is why you're hearding about these engines failures so much. Everyone is having them, even Toyota trucks have been having engines failure far beyond what they used to.
These companies are going to have to spread these EV losses through cost cutting and/or poorly developed products for years so it will probably get worse before it gets better.
Now put some real v8 in them instead of the turbo crap.
My ‘89 F250 plow truck with the 460 is running strong.
I had the 87,I loved that truck...
It’s amazing. Starting to need some suspension and exhaust work but sounds great. And is super powerful. Classic teal blue and white.
I used to drive mine loaded down in the mountains west of Denver. It really pulled the hills nice.
Amen brother I have the last year 460 produced 1996 I believe. Sucks gas but the beast can torQue
Coyote 5.0L V8 Gen 4....
At a minimum........
The new f150 with coyote gets about 20mpg. My Tacoma 6 cyl didn’t get that. I traded for an f150. Best decision.
Gotta get rid of Jim Farley first, that guy is a moron. I'm blown away he even made it past a manager position at any point in his life let alone becoming the ceo
AND CHANGE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS instead of the "constant velocity transmission" crap!!!!
Luckily I haven't had one of those yet.
MDGA - Make Detroit great agin.....
Obviously nothing could go bad with a wet oil pump belt....
I watched a video the other day Chevy has had 700k engine blow up they are pushing the envelope to far,and the engine today's trucks are dog shit.
That is part of it, from a more insider perspective, most companies production and design got put on cruise control because of all the covid BS, then slack-from-home helped finish it off.
What's happen to all these engines is two fold, one fold is what you said, smaller size, turbo, extremely thin oil. The other fold is lack of oversight that led to problems, then that same lack of oversight led to problems that continued WAY longer than they should have.
The main reason we're are hearing about them now is the method of failure. Engines, for the most part, used to fail from ring/piston failures which caused catastrophic compression loss which lead to break downs.
There is no regulation against making shitty engines. There are, however, rules against shitty engines that shot piston/rods out the side of the block in an explosion that leads to a complete failure.
Most of these newer cars are suffering from improper crank and/or rod bearing designs that are blasting the piston and/rod through the block. Still more of a "shitty motor" issue BUT that failure method has a very high likelihood of creating a fire. That, in the other hand, is a big problem in the eyes of regulators.
THAT is why you're hearding about these engines failures so much. Everyone is having them, even Toyota trucks have been having engines failure far beyond what they used to.
These companies are going to have to spread these EV losses through cost cutting and/or poorly developed products for years so it will probably get worse before it gets better.
Thanks for the details. I assume this was done to make them more fuel efficient?