daugen
Super Star Member
close friend with nice 2019 F150 XLT took new to him truck back to dealer
for engine oil leak on Ecoboost. Valve cover leak, turns out the valve cover is cracked.
Plastic. Cracked plastic. I wonder how much they saved by using plastic.
have no idea if oem cracking or some mechanic overtightened it during some repair.
likely the latter.
solid finned polished aluminum would be nice...
if you were given the option to have all metal in your engine instead of plastic
for a hundred bucks more, would you say yes? But we don't get that option.
I understand certain parts like chain tensioners work better/quieter with plastic parts.
plastic is lighter and cheaper and that makes the bean counters happy.
now you get this humongous plastic engine cover that hides the snake pit of stuff inside
but as long as the car owner can find the windshield washer tank fill, that's all anyone cares
about underneath. We don't even get oil dipsticks any more.
very hard to find a modern car with a good looking engine. 5.0 liter Fords always at least tried to look nice.
Corvettes tried a little, Even BMW has covered their engines for a long time. So much tubing and so much going on they just want to cover it
all up like everyone else.
When Scootr pops the hood on his Cobra, he knows he has a real engine in there and he can identify all the parts.
try doing that on a modern engine.
for engine oil leak on Ecoboost. Valve cover leak, turns out the valve cover is cracked.
Plastic. Cracked plastic. I wonder how much they saved by using plastic.
have no idea if oem cracking or some mechanic overtightened it during some repair.
likely the latter.
solid finned polished aluminum would be nice...
if you were given the option to have all metal in your engine instead of plastic
for a hundred bucks more, would you say yes? But we don't get that option.
I understand certain parts like chain tensioners work better/quieter with plastic parts.
plastic is lighter and cheaper and that makes the bean counters happy.
now you get this humongous plastic engine cover that hides the snake pit of stuff inside
but as long as the car owner can find the windshield washer tank fill, that's all anyone cares
about underneath. We don't even get oil dipsticks any more.
very hard to find a modern car with a good looking engine. 5.0 liter Fords always at least tried to look nice.
Corvettes tried a little, Even BMW has covered their engines for a long time. So much tubing and so much going on they just want to cover it
all up like everyone else.
When Scootr pops the hood on his Cobra, he knows he has a real engine in there and he can identify all the parts.
try doing that on a modern engine.
