The One Fatal Design Flaw With Ford's 3.5L & 3.7L Duratec Engines

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[officialyoutubecommentator]

"Rev up your milkshakes!"
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[BlackBetty]

I have a 2009 Flex with the 3.5L and did the water pump myself. Took me a weekend but saved me a ton of money! BTW it has 335k miles on it and runs like its new! Great engine! ALWAYS BY FORD PARTS, Don't buy cheap Chinese parts! Trust me, you'll be doing this job again soon.

[ovwok]

Let's put the water pump on the inside of the engine. That's some Wile E. Coyote super genius stuff there Ford!

[brussell]

Some engineers just need the shit kicked out of them.

[heyitsvos]

Just remember, someone who makes more than us put their stamp of approval on this

[Greasyspleen]

My milkshake brings all the tools to the Ford...

[blaneblue]

260K? Wow besides the water pump placement, this engine seems like a winner.

[superduty]

I come to this channel to rekindle my love for pushrods if I ever feel like buying something new.

[johnhammack]

Good job on the video...I say the dealership you left from are regrets you leaving... BUT NOT US POOR Keep em coming buddy you da man...lol...

[amirdieselx]

Besides the water pump failure that engine looks like it’s in good shape

[crazylarryjr]

I fully agree, if you got it that far apart, may as well do the chain, gears and tensioners. Onr thing i'd do, is once back together, i'd run it no more than 3 minutes (to get new oil through the engine) and change the oil and filter again. Just to make sure to get all the milky oil and water out

[chadsteele]

Itx not a fatal flaw. It's designed to fail to create work for the shops, and or to get them to buy a new automobile

[sparkx]

Excellent and educational video. As a 2015 Taurus 3.5 owner, I appreciate this incite and knowledge.
Here's hoping the Fords obvious decision to keep the water pump inside - by beefing up the parts and changing coolant from orange to yellow - was the right choice to make.
Overall, the Cyclone Duratec 35/3.5L Ti-VCT V6 is a completely satisfactory engine for light duty use and good on power and gas mileage. The engine life expectancy is about 200, 000 miles. If we can be diligent in avoiding this $2k overhaul.

[keenanmcbreen]

My company had one 2010 Flex with the 3.5 and it did this, around 160k miles, we did not get any warning, no coolant consumption or weepage from the weep hole under the alternator. Dumped all the coolant into the engine, and the oil pump ate aluminum and plastic from the pump. We opted to put a junkyard engine with 80k on it instead of trying to fix that engine. Installed our $600 junkyard engine, and it had slight seepage from the weep hole. We sold the vehicle off for cheep. Should have cracked the junker open and replaced the water pump, oh well. Seems like what we can expect for engine life on new cars keeps dropping, I used to consider 200k the benchmark for a good vehicle with original engine and transmission. We are trading tons of reliability for "fancy", power, and MPG. More and more throw away cars.

[Joey-Vega]

Professional and Honest.
We the general public thank you for your service. 👍

[LoneWolf-dvul]

This reminds me so much of what happened to a next door neighbor of mine. This was years back. But he had a late 80's Ford Ranger with the 2.9. The heads cracked and the coolant ended up in the crankcase. His son and me ended up rebuilding the entire engine. It was a great learning experience for me. But, IMO this was a senseless repair. 2.9 heads were prone to this @ the time.

[kevinedward]

Nice video, nice info. I did a 2012 Taurus a few weeks back, double sprocket water pump, leaking behind the alternator, pump was not loose and it had the original single channel gasket/seal etc. I did not use Ford parts, not my choice, but the aftermarket water pump did have a double channel gasket/seal. Luckily for the engine no coolant was mixed in the oil.

[stradplayer]

The fact that they even thought to accommodate for 1 leak type is a great indicator. I cannot recall any manufacturer with a timing chain drive water pump that has made that accommodation.

[Davidn]

I always regard a water pump as a service item if it's driven by the cam chain/belt.

[JPVee]

I have a ‘13 Flex EB with the updated pump and it failed at about 36k miles/5 years. Never saw a drip on the ground because the aero-shield under the engine was catching them all. There was a sweet aroma from under the hood and some coolant loss so I was able to take it to the dealership before the engine failed.