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How much does Ford charge for the job? A million bucks?
+ the shop supplies fee........
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How much does Ford charge for the job? A million bucks?
I worked at Ford for 23 years and never would have imagined that they could be so wrong on some of their service intervals; but, experience with my personal fleet has taught me the following to avoid issues like this:
Spark plugs in Compressed motors (supercharged or turbocharged) get replaced along with boots and springs at 45-50K. Naturally aspirated at 60K.
LV and ULV transfluid gets rotated by dropping the 4-6 quarts you can get out of the pan every 30K so that it has been substantially replaced by 90K. Otherwise full change at 80K.
Full synthetic motor oil and filter at 5K or 6 months....the filters are simply too small to go as long as the computer says even if the viscosity will hold up (which is unlikely with the turbos).
Never keep anti-freeze in for more than 5-6 years regardless of mileage.
Lots of Ford manuals say plugs will go 100K....Not the way my family drives. Some manuals say the transfluid will go 150K. Don't try it. The fluid will break down long before that resulting in a loss of shear strength leading to slipping clutches and other issues....
Just saying....
Did you use Motorcraft plugs for the replacements?I came across this post and wanted to share a similar experience. I had a drivetrain shudder that was driving me insane. My vehicle is a 2018 Expedition Max Platinum (22"/CCD) that I bought used in Feb 2021 with around 42k miles on it. A couple months after purchase the ride was just horrible... and everyone at ford said it was normal. Multiple tech rides, etc. I was scratching my head between CCD issues, tire issues, transmission, turbo... you name it. I ended up changing my plugs (ensuring the gap was correct even though they were pre-gapped) after reading this post and sure enough that did it. I am at 50,000 miles and surprised the plugs went bad so fast but they are an easy change and this made a world of difference! Thank you!
I came across this post and wanted to share a similar experience. I had a drivetrain shudder that was driving me insane. My vehicle is a 2018 Expedition Max Platinum (22"/CCD) that I bought used in Feb 2021 with around 42k miles on it. A couple months after purchase the ride was just horrible... and everyone at ford said it was normal. Multiple tech rides, etc. I was scratching my head between CCD issues, tire issues, transmission, turbo... you name it. I ended up changing my plugs (ensuring the gap was correct even though they were pre-gapped) after reading this post and sure enough that did it. I am at 50,000 miles and surprised the plugs went bad so fast but they are an easy change and this made a world of difference! Thank you!