ECOBOOST VS COYOTE COMPARISON @ 108K

Back to back inspections of the 3.5L EcoBoost & 5.0L coyote.

[robertwright]

I have 332, 000+ miles on my 2013 super crew F150 with a 5.0, it’s still runs as good as the day I bought it brand new. I’ve done a few repairs, but nothing major as far as the engine is concerned. I rebuilt the transmission at 230, 000 miles had the timing cover gasket and water pump replaced at 260, 000 miles and have replaced both catalytic converter’s over the last 40, 000 miles. I purposely did not buy the eco-boost even though it made a little more power. I always go to the old adage My dad taught me, a candle that burns twice as hot, burns half as long. This has been one of the best vehicles I have ever owned.

[Rocky]

Thank You!!!
Salesman pushed that EcoBoost crap HARD on me, but I held my ground and stayed with the tried and true 5.0. So glad I did.

[markreuter]

You just confirmed for me that choosing a 5.0 over the twin turbo v6 was worth effort. I recently got a 2013 with the 5.0. They are a lot harder to find than the v6s. But I wanted less maintenance and I enjoy my v8s.

[michaelatkin]

You spend 70-90k on these new trucks and they're still pos for what you pay. It's insane. Someone needs to start a car company that sells just simple basic vehicles that they don't redesign everything every 4 years. They'll be cheaper and would eventually be bullet proof

[chrisanderson]

I must have won the jackpot. 267k on my 2012 3.5L f150 I bought new. It is BY FAR the best engine I've ever owned. Original turbos, no cam phaser issues. It pulls hard and I do tow some pretty heavy trailers from time to time. Perhaps it would be a gamble, but I'd probably buy another. Great comparison video and I'd also have no qualms owing a 5.0 either.

[dougbourdo]

My 2018 F150 5 Liter is fantastic. Just turned 100k miles. Bought used with 30k a year & a half ago. Did dozens of cross country trips moving my household 1500 miles. Love the truck. 26 mpg on the highway, 20 around town. Zero leaks, super low maintenance. Oil/filter changes regularly, etc. Rear brake pads. Nothing else. Given what new trucks cost I'll rebuild this one if I ever wear it out.

[proee]

I own a 2014 super crew 3.5L TT, 103K miles on the clock and, so far, no issues with it (knock on wood). It has been a great truck. I do mine own maitainence on it. The oil and filter have been changed every 5K miles since the truck was new.

[pyromonster]

2013 5.0 owner, only issue was upper radiator hose fitting leaking. 106k miles, no oil issues, no leaks, only use FL-500s filters change at 7.5k. At around 75k miles been running a 5 star 87 octane tune, no issues. Drain and filled the tranny at 40k and 90k with motorcraft LV, trans shifts strong. Drive the truck hard and routinely haul heavy payload.

[tayzer]

I've got a 2011 5.0 F150 FX4 and I love it. Great engine. I grew up a Chevy guy.

[markk]

The water leak on the steel bodied trucks was the damn 3rd brake light gasket letting water in and running down the inside of the cab structure to rot out the cab corners. Also, the inner rocker panels had giant holes stamped into them when built and a sticky tape to cover them up. The tape eventually falls off leaving the rockers open to every kind of debris to fill them up and rot them from within. I actually had sparrows building nests in my truck in the rocker panels.

[jerrymcgeorge]

Glad I chose the 5.0l when I got my ‘13 STX. Has been a simply wonderful truck since brand new almost 10 years ago now.

[Aprojeep]

Always a Ford truck guy, including Broncos, I gave up on Ford trucks when the oil pan on my 92 F150 (new then) rusted through after 6 years and Ford wouldn't cover a thing.

But yet my 77 Ford Thunderbird has been through every Wisconsin winter and the engine was rock solid.

[buddysumner]

I worked at a Ford dealership from 2014 till late 2019, and from my experience I would not own a 3.5 eco boost, our work bays stayed full with 3.5 eco boost problems censors, cam fazers, timein chain, turbo problems and oil consumption problems, I’m a Ford guy but the 3.5 is a real problematic engine, we very seldom had any troubles out of the coyote and the 2.7 eco boost they are rock solid engines

[GerardoGarcia-kmst]

My 2011 5.0 is rock solid with 200k miles on no problems with it and it’s a daily truck in and out of construction sites love my 5.0 💪

[vincentv]

I've got a 2012 f150 XLT 5.0 V8 for my work truck and never had any major issues. So far I've had a turn signal lever fail, leaking oil pan gasket, cracked coolant hose, and a bad oil pressure sensor. All of which have been relatively easy fixes. Not too bad for a truck with 189, 000 miles.

[guardrail]

I have a 1993 Chevy S10 with the 4.3L. 310, 000 miles with not one issue. 1 water pump, plugs and wires, all new hoses, new a/c pump. That's the only maintenance I've done other than oil changes. But I don't drive it much anymore. The frame is rotten. We drive it around the farm a little bit. But she's still running.

[MJorgy]

The ol 2v 4.6 is looking pretty good at 24 years old and no engine leaks.

[davidbell]

have had four different 3.5 ecos, and one 2.7 eco. not one of these have had any of the problems shown here. they have been extremely reliable for me, and I love how they do not need to get high rpm to produce good power.

[nathanleroux]

I have a 2013 with a 5.0L. I've already fixed the coolant leaks and changed the transmission cooler lines. So glad I have the 5.0L!!

[ASMR-soothingsounds]

Love my coyote F-150. My sales rep tried like hell to sell me on an eco-boost model and I flat told him coyote only, or no deal.