REVIEW: Everything Wrong With A 6.2 Ford 'BOSS' Engine

What could possibly be wrong with a 6.2 Ford BOSS V8 SOHC engine?

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0:00 Ford 6.2 Boss V8
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2:30 Engine history
4:01 Teardown
15:32 Is the 6.2 a bad engine?
16:41 Do I regret putting a 5.0 in the Bronco?

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[trey.b-]

the main reason the spring breaks is the height of the spring is too tall and can bend sideways while compressed. that being said, My 6.2 has 216k and 10, 000 idle hours. Absolutely love it coming from a 5.4 3v, and it pulls and sounds great too. Very underrated engine

[carboncountyrevivals]

We just replaced a 6.2l in a Union Pacific truck with 302k miles on it, one of the rocker arms blew up. 19k operating hours and 12k idle hours, pretty impressive in a big utility truck.

[Blue_Flame_Raptor]

To everyone reading this worried about valve springs while it is the engine's most common issue, it's not something that is totally widespread. Most 6.2s will never have a valve spring failure and and an even smaller number will have catastrophic damage from such failure. Its not a big enough issue to warrant fear of it

[icemanification]

I work for the Parks and Rec. department of a city, and our entire fleet is Ford F250's with the 6.2. So far, it's been a very reliable engine, although the trucks are only about 4 years old. Plenty of power too. 👌

[pablotharpalo]

When this engine was still experimental, it was a 7.0L V8 in Don Bowles yellow mustang! The new 7.3L and 6.8L V8 are based on the BOSS architecture and all have a 115mm bore spacing. If you end up looking for aftermarket parts, Livernois Motorsports supports these engines! They were introduced to the F250 in 2011. Roush also makes superchargers if boost is your game! Fun fact, the bell housing is the same as the modular family of engines.

[nickolaslewis]

I am the original owner of a 2016 F250 6.2 with 165k miles and I have had ZERO issues with my engine/trans. Fingers crossed it stays that way cause that truck is paid off and it was EXPENSIVE back then!

[gerrysimonsen]

My company truck had a 6.2, pulled our big scissor lift around just fine and was the main plow rig for the area I worked in. Ran great and had plenty of power. I'm not much of a Ford guy but I was impressed with it.

[tangydiesel]

This engine was really compeeting against the GM 6.0 and Ram 6.4.

[thegunbuilder]

Im a red seal tech in rural b.c. these engines are in most of the logging trucks we work on, and they are incredibly reliable. Very very few with major problems. Most of which live on logging roads, and have thousands of idle hours. One has 475, 000 km and close to 12-15000 idle hours. Still going stong, and never been apart.

[patrickdertz]

I was a truck tech for ford for 5 years and I’ve seen hundreds of 6.2s in both private and fleet trucks and have maybe seen 5 or so broken valve springs on them and even fewer of them lead to catastrophic failure. The pre 17 6.2s are endlessly reliable and really only saw occasional oil and coolant leaks and they all will eventually crack the exhaust manifolds between cyl 3 and 4 and cyl 7 and 8 and on the newer ones the only constant recurring issues I saw were intake runners binding.

[FoolsGold]

Got a 6.2 in a 2012 F250. Has the LOUDEST intake roar I have ever heard in a stock vehicle when you floor it. Biggest issue we have had at 160k miles is coil packs. I think we have had at least 3 go bad on it

[HickPimp]

Ive run GM 6.0, Ram 6.4 and Ford 6.2 in work trucks and all of them did well. Given equal maintenance, all of them are pretty datn reliable.

[lonnygil]

Driving a 2017 f350 6.2 as a mechnic truck. Loaded down with tools/parts weighing over 10, 000lbs. She likes her fuel for sure but 350, 000km and 6200 engine hours. Try not to idle it much. In my opinion is a sufficient powerplant for the combination

[young]

Buddy of mine works at a Ford dealership and has his own shop at home, ive seen quite a few spring issues and range from getting lucky on start up and head a tick then shut it down to them driving it towards the dealer dropping the valve and ventilating the block. Its surely been enough problems for Ford to step up and cover their problems instead of just leaving it and passing their faults on to the consumer. Sadly thats what all automakers are doing now, people will argue and put their brand on a pedestal but all brands are guilty of hiding their faults……btw im Ford camp all the way and have a 6.8 3V for my 79 F150 and a 6.2 for my Falcon wagon both will see boost.

[WillBABH]

I will say they are a very underrated performance engine and handle boost very well. Just no aftermarket support only downside.

[jibrilthegreat]

I own a 2012 Raptor with the 6.2L, it has close to 190k miles, best engine ever. Very powerful and reliable. It also sounds awesome

[andyamysarizonaadventures]

Shortly after getting a 2020 f250 with 80k miles on it I asked a very good mechanic out in Oklahoma where he cares for dozens of farm truck with the 6.2L . He said there are lots of them with between 230, 000 & over 300, 000 miles worked hard and going strong, he does have one parked behind the shop waiting for a new motor.

[toddstanley]

Good engine, started in 250/350 in 2011. Put almost 200k km on mine, sold it, still going at 300k with current owner. Not a powerhouse, but reliable

[MegaMobass]

My works shop truck is a 2012 f-350 with a 6.2. She’s got 358, 000 miles on the clock. Runs like a top. Definitely gutless but dead reliable.

EDIT: Truck now has over 363, 000 and still running great. Been doing a ton of driving.

[BStrick]

6.2 ford is found in bigger bandit wood chippers too and they take some abuse when running anything above an 8 inch log. Lots of rpm and load on them in that application.