Originally posted by Ray:
Originally posted by Majisto:
I think this problem is very over-played for street driving. Remember, some of the people on here race these Contours on tracks...and on streets. A few failures at low mileage does not mean they all will. This isn't like the SHO cam sprockets because those happen regardless of how you drive it. You crank the motor up, and it's already a ticking time bomb. Yes, the oiling system is flawed, but for a normal street driver, it's must easier to avoid.

Plus, a 2.5 Duratec is a lot cheaper to replace (Or upgrade to a 3.0) than it is to replace one of those 3.4 V-8 SHO motors.



This problem, as "overplayed" as you think it is, has happened to countless numbers of "street-driven" vehicles. Not tracked, or raced. driven. period. Ask around, if you truly are curious as to how many have failed.. and how many of those were actually "raced"... Greg's failed on a cloverleaf onramp to a freeway at about 3500rpms..

This isn't a problem that can be attributed to "prolonged failure" etc.. this is a one-time, instant action type thing. So the fact that Greg is an admittedly more aggresive driver than the normal person has absolutely no play in this at all. The car simply failed to perform as it should reliably do so... on the street, in normal driving conditions.

Yours would too if you give it long enough.. (and don't use common sense)


Ray


Fact: All motors wear. Motors wear faster without oil. If you drive hard, you starve the motor of oil more often. Unless I am very mistaken, the Dureatec can be starved of oil for a very short period and still recover just fine. It will have a LOT more wear on it than would normally take on, but it'll still run.

Here's a solution, is it possible to install an oil PRESSURE gauge to watch for oil starvation?

2000 Contour SE