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Originally Posted by Balzdeep

Lol...

Engine problems on Gen3’s way over blown by internet drama queens who bailed on fear porn. They are not whisper quiet motors having no cylinder sleeves, plastic oil pan, and DI pumps. Yes, they tick occasionally when cold and make a little rattle sound around 2k rpm. Show me the actual engine failures...? Mine burns zero oil and rips @ 10k miles.

I do agree with you that the engine issues seem to be blown a bit out of proportion. I think the ones that didn't have actual problems but had the bbq tick were confused with the ones that had actual issues. (which the bbq tick wasnt a new characteristic of the coyote but again, just seems to be more pronounced on the gen 3 for _______ reasons, potentially the ones you mentioned).

But again, that doesn't mean that there weren't issues. Mine for instance had the 2k piston slap, the bbq tick, something that sounded like engine decel chain rattle and oil consumption. (all of these I have documented by audio/video). All of which I was just living with till I started getting cylinder misfire code on 5. Did a bore scope (picture attached) and found a nice concoction of fuel and oil puddled up on the piston along with a very oil coated spark plug. The lack of image clarity makes it difficult to tell but it looks like there could be some cylinder scoring also. This was with 7k miles on it.

I had already had the ring and pinion replaced due to excessive whine in the rear end and the power steering rack was binding. With all these issues and a couple of more, I just bit the bullet and took a loss and traded. The future looked like many months of time spent at the dealership for warranty and who knows if it had gotten repaired correctly with the quality of tech's we have around here. I know I am not the only one with some of these issues, so it is a thing. But at the same time, I wouldn't discourage someone from buying one if they liked it because I do agree that the issues aren't quite as bad as some(many) make it out to be. But caution would be advised.

And the voodoo issues are fairly well documented also. They like to kick rods and use oil. But from what I hear, (and clearly I dont hear it all) Ford is doing a pretty good job taking care of the issues.