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    Overheating message

    Look in the F150 forums, this is a common issue with the gen1 ecoboost trucks, which ours is based on. I've had it happen to me twice where I'll be towing up a grade, plenty of power, Temps all normal, and then the engine temp will spike to max, a reduced engine power alarm flashes on the...
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    Gear temp.

    The cooler in the newer expeditions with the HD tow package is already a larger cooler than the F150 uses. F150 uses a factory 4 row cooler, expy has a 9 row cooler (15-17 with HD tow). I upgraded my first F150 to a 6 row (50% cooling upgrade) and saw no difference in cooling when towing. My...
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    2017 Expedition Rear Suspension Upgrade?

    I use a husky centerline TS hitch and have zero rise in the front when the bars are set. The key is hitching the ball, and then using the trailer jack to lift the rear of the vehicle and front of trailer above level before you put the bars on and lower the jack. I've seen sooo many people...
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    2016 dead cluster screens

    Well I appear to be the first to have had this happen and now I see I'm not the last. My 17 had this happen, where the two screens would flash off for 5 seconds on for 1 and repeat. Diagnosed as bad cluster. I purchased a low miles replacement cluster from LKQ and had a local cluster repair shop...
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    2017 Expedition Rear Suspension Upgrade?

    Your wdh is NOT setup correctly. My trailer has a measured 900 pound tongue weight (tanks full of water) and my 17 expy only squats 1" in the rear from unloaded, and I have leaking rear shocks according to Ford from my recent oil change. Either your hitch height is wrong, or you don't have...
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    Not happy with 17 syspension

    It sounded funny to me as well. I went on bilsteins website and they only list the 5100 for my 17 expedition. If I order those, are there any other parts I would need to do the swap? I'm assuming the whole strut and spring assembly comes out as one piece, like a front strut?
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    Not happy with 17 syspension

    Waking up an old thread, sorry. Just had oil changed and asked them to check my alignment since the factory goodyears are wearing on the edges enough that they are nearly smooth. Plenty of tread depth in the center of tire. Tech came back and said alignment was within spec but they noticed the...
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    2017 3.5 EB Oil Preference

    Use a quality semi or full synthetic oil and change every 5k miles. The ecoboost is direct injected and turbo charged, and does not treat oil like a regular v8. It is very hard on the oil and is prone to fuel dilution. The oil life monitor will let you go close to 10k in between oil changes...
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    17 Ecoboost

    You will still benefit from using higher octane fuel on an 87 octane tune. Especially when towing in hot weather. I only use 91 octane when towing my trailer despite running an 87 octane tune. I went all last summer without my tune, and got worse mileage towing regardless of fuel grade, compared...
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    17 Ecoboost

    I don't believe it can change tune parameters on the fly, and loading a tune takes several minutes with the programmer. Shift points can be adjusted as well. In my F150s I had them alter the slowing/rolling downshift points to be seemless instead of the noticeable jerky stock points. The...
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    Keep or trade up?

    You are only pulling 4k pounds, not stressing the driveline much. Put 7k pounds behind the 5.4 and a mountain in front of you and your tune will change very quickly. The numbers don't lie, ecoboost outperforms the 5.4 in every way, and at a lower rpm. Now the 5.4 vs the 5.0 is another story, if...
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    17 Ecoboost

    Even when tuned, the truck will still compensate for higher octane fuel when you use it. I tow with my 87 octane performance tow tune, but tow with premium fuel as is recccomended in the owners manual.
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    Keep or trade up?

    I have a loaded 17 XLT (202a luxury package) and love it. The ecoboost motor is no more complex than the 3v 5.4 Triton. Same concept, long timing chains, vct solenoids, etc. Power wise, the 5.4 CANNOT touch the ecoboost. I've owned 2 of the 3v 5.4 trucks and they were solid runners. Throw a...
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    17 expedition cluster update

    Using forscan for Android, I pulled up the module information and to my surprise the IPC and vehicle computer both match. They show the incorrect mileage from the new cluster. Should I be looking at a different module? These are the only 2 that displayed mileage.
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    Rear RH Blinker Issue

    Same thing happened to me. If I jiggled the socket it would light up. I pulled the bulb, installed new one with dialectic grease in the socket.
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    2012 Expedition 5.4L randomly shutting off while driving

    Check over in the F150 forum, look for fuel pump fuse and you will read similiar complaints and hard or no start scenarios. There is a TSB for the F150s that involves relocating the fuse to a different location in the fuse block under the hood and using a larger, but same amperage, fuse. The...
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    17 expedition cluster update

    A third party replaced it. Well, thry first tried to repair the failed cluster, then told me to purchase a replacement and they would clone to it. Everything but the miles came over.
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    17 expedition cluster update

    The thought just occurred to me. Where can I look in forscan to see the actual miles on the vehicle. Does the pcm or some other module track that besides the instrument cluster? Reason I ask is when I pulled the "original" cluster that failed, I noticed it was all marked up with red sharpie...
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    17 expedition cluster update

    The cluster failed. I tried to have it repaired but they were unsuccessful. I purchased a low miles replacement and had it programmed for my vehicles options (it came from a limited so it needed a bunch of stuff removed). It works great, just has incorrect mileage showing. I have 100k...
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    17 expedition cluster update

    Is it possible to correct the miles on my new cluster? I need to increase them from 15k to 55k and a local shop can't figure it out. They were able to use Ford IDS to set up the cluster options correctly for my vehicle but I still need to get the mileage corrected. I had heard this might be...
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    Cluster swap

    The shop used Ford IDS to set up the replacement cluster for the options on my truck, but were unable to correct the mileage. I've been driving it for the past week and a half with the new cluster and wrong miles indicated. The shop is hoping to have a solution by end of this week and will...
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    Cluster swap

    FYI for anyone else with a 15-17 expedition, the cluster swap is NOT plug and play. Mine was unable to be repaired so I ordered a replacement with 15k miles, also out of a 17 with the same part number as mine. It plugged in and it works correctly as far as the displays go (no flashing), but it...
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    Cluster swap

    So they are swappable without programming, provided the part numbers match?
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    Cluster swap

    Guage repair guy pulled the cluster, and thinks it's been replaced before. It's got magic marker all over and even inside on the circuit board. Like it's either been repaired before or replaced completely with a scrap yard unit. I bought this car from Ford Certified Pre owned, clean carfax, not...
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    Cluster swap

    I've got an appointment with a local company that repairs guage clusters. They're going to pull it tonight and get it back to me tomorrow if they can repair it. $200 if they can fix it, no charge if they can't. I contacted an ebay company that offers this service and they said they could not...

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