THAT is the problem!...no known 'batch' or start point, be it 3.0 OR 2.5!!!!!Time to gets some QC engineers and hang em out!!!!...can you guss at the thousands of engines that may have this issue...and the owners out of warranty!!!!
...I think the 'who knows' statement still agrees with it being hit or miss....there are no rules of thumb to go by.Most 2.5's died between 45.85,000, will it be the same on a 3.0?...who knows...but I can tell you that some Escape 'new' vechicles died with sand as low as 5,000....
Demon Terry seems to think otherwise about the 2.5L or am I reading you him wrong?????
I personally feel both 2.5L and 3L are both doomed motors no matter what.
