Originally posted by redhawk:
Cool.
OK- so if you can't get reference documentation, can you provide some more specific information on the oil pump re-design you posted about? I think that would be valuable for everyone to know as that is a major problem with the duratecs.
Driver 3000,
Notice I said the 1999 Duratechs had this oil problem. The problem was fixed with the newer design oil pumps. i.e. this problem shouln't repeat itself with the replacement motor.
I don't know the specifics of the changes but I believe they relate to the pressure relief valve. Anyway, the current pump works all the way back to the first Duratechs
Redhawk, What Procyon says about the engines being tested I can confirm. They do in fact test run each engine on a stand before it is installed into a car or truck, Once the car is built there is a person that gets in the car starts the engine and drives it to the lot where it is parked and awaits delivery. I have worked at a couple Ford plants and have seen this practice with my own eyes. It would be hard to get pictures of this because as Procyon says NO PHOTOGRAPH'S are allowed to be taken by employees and you are not going to walk out with any of there documents. Redhawk where is the proof there is a major problem with the oiling system on the Duratec? I have not been able to find any evidence that Duratec's fail at a rate any higher than any other engine. If you know of a source of info. on the failure rate and proven causes please tell me where to veiw it, as I'm very interested in it. The oil pump redesign if I'm not mistaken was possably the by pass valve which if stuck would blow the oil filter. I think they redesigned the by pass valve only.
