NorthernExMax
Active Member
Hello! I have been active on other forums for my other vehicles but just got an expedition! I am a little familiar with them, mostly the powertrain, but we love this one! Used to drive an excursion (v10), 01 4.6 f150, multiple v10s in f250-550s, and worked on all of those. This is actually my first 5.4 i have ever been in, to be frank.
2011 limited MAX, so i think its a canadian suv? Looks just like an EL. Wife needed something to work in the snow up north where we live and this one looks to have good bones.
So far, since we got it I did an oil change (sticker on the window said they were putting in 0W-20 (!!!!!!) and i put in 5w-30. Cap and book call for 5w20 but every v10 ive driven loves 5w30), a new air filter, removed the restrictive intake horn going into the fender, and have some parts coming in to delete the intake resonator. Has a tick that sounds more like a loose/bad spark plug, and with 210k on the clock it would probably be good practice to just replace them with some SP509X and DG521s. No leaks anywhere, water pump looks recently replaced (its from a high salt area and the aluminum looks brand new), and there is hardly any salt damage.
The bad- couple of the climate actuators click SOMETIMES, and the blower motor is going out. Going to put an amazon one in tonight and see how that goes, looks like someone recently replaced the resistor and connector.
Keep getting some check air suspension message, got under there and the struts look good. Turned it off for a bit and the ride felt better at first then rough, so i turned it back on and it feels really smooth/soft over bumps in the rear. Idk what to check here, gotta do some research.
Check rear park sensor- one is hanging down behind the bumper. Idk might adhere it on im not too concerned with a backup alarm beeping at me.
Moonroof doesnt open or vent, has some heavy duty rubber tape on it. Have gone thru the car wash like 5 times and it doesnt leak so not worried about it at the moment.
All in all, we really enjoy driving this and think itll run for a long time. Every ford i or my parents has owned has stood up to lots of abuse and still ran strong, but I take good care of my vehicles.
2011 limited MAX, so i think its a canadian suv? Looks just like an EL. Wife needed something to work in the snow up north where we live and this one looks to have good bones.
So far, since we got it I did an oil change (sticker on the window said they were putting in 0W-20 (!!!!!!) and i put in 5w-30. Cap and book call for 5w20 but every v10 ive driven loves 5w30), a new air filter, removed the restrictive intake horn going into the fender, and have some parts coming in to delete the intake resonator. Has a tick that sounds more like a loose/bad spark plug, and with 210k on the clock it would probably be good practice to just replace them with some SP509X and DG521s. No leaks anywhere, water pump looks recently replaced (its from a high salt area and the aluminum looks brand new), and there is hardly any salt damage.
The bad- couple of the climate actuators click SOMETIMES, and the blower motor is going out. Going to put an amazon one in tonight and see how that goes, looks like someone recently replaced the resistor and connector.
Keep getting some check air suspension message, got under there and the struts look good. Turned it off for a bit and the ride felt better at first then rough, so i turned it back on and it feels really smooth/soft over bumps in the rear. Idk what to check here, gotta do some research.
Check rear park sensor- one is hanging down behind the bumper. Idk might adhere it on im not too concerned with a backup alarm beeping at me.
Moonroof doesnt open or vent, has some heavy duty rubber tape on it. Have gone thru the car wash like 5 times and it doesnt leak so not worried about it at the moment.
All in all, we really enjoy driving this and think itll run for a long time. Every ford i or my parents has owned has stood up to lots of abuse and still ran strong, but I take good care of my vehicles.
