Replacement 5.0 Engine: Recalibaration After 200 miles?
#1
Replacement 5.0 Engine: Recalibaration After 200 miles?
I have a new long block installed by a Ford dealership in my car under warranty as a result of a ticking noise that has been described by others in this forum and myself on previous posts. Anyway, at about 100-200 miles on the new engine, I started noticing a vibration at idle. It was intermittent, but it shook the car. I noticed nothing at speed or higher revs. The dealership put my engine on what they call the IDS (computer) and found my engine was misfiring. They told me it needs to be recalibrated, and that sometimes it takes a couple tries before getting the calibration correct. Does this seem plausible to anyone? Shouldn't the calibration have been done right before they gave me my car back after installing the engine? Could this really happen, or did the dealership do a bad job of tuning the new engine in the first place? I'm trying to get a feel for if this dealership is competent and I can trust them, or if they don't know what their doing. Any thoughts?
#3
sounds like a similar experience with the wifes Santa Fe Sport.
she had the bottom end of the engine replaced. during idle, the motor sounded like a 90's TDI engine, it was REALLY bad. turned out that Teflon coating involving the pistons were worn out (something like that)
car was brand new. dealership went above and beyond to make sure that it was repaired correctly. it had nothing to do with the fact that I threatened to drive the thing through the show room floor :evil grin:
Good luck! these kinds of problems suck, no matter what.
she had the bottom end of the engine replaced. during idle, the motor sounded like a 90's TDI engine, it was REALLY bad. turned out that Teflon coating involving the pistons were worn out (something like that)
car was brand new. dealership went above and beyond to make sure that it was repaired correctly. it had nothing to do with the fact that I threatened to drive the thing through the show room floor :evil grin:
Good luck! these kinds of problems suck, no matter what.
#4
Get Deysha or Nikki involved (Ford reps on here). Sounds like some follow on work is definitely needed.
I'm not sure on the recalibration or if it's needed. But I would think that's something that shouldn't need to be done 200 miles later, if at all. Maybe they didn't install something right
I'm not sure on the recalibration or if it's needed. But I would think that's something that shouldn't need to be done 200 miles later, if at all. Maybe they didn't install something right
#5
thats the exact same issue i had, my short block was replaced from piston slapping causing ticking noise, then the engine light came on due to misfiring on #2 and #8, here the link to my topic, sometimes they forget to reprogram the "crank shaft position" which causes the problem
https://themustangsource.com/forums/...ocking-535034/
https://themustangsource.com/forums/...ocking-535034/
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I have a new long block installed by a Ford dealership in my car under warranty as a result of a ticking noise that has been described by others in this forum and myself on previous posts. Anyway, at about 100-200 miles on the new engine, I started noticing a vibration at idle. It was intermittent, but it shook the car. I noticed nothing at speed or higher revs. The dealership put my engine on what they call the IDS (computer) and found my engine was misfiring. They told me it needs to be recalibrated, and that sometimes it takes a couple tries before getting the calibration correct. Does this seem plausible to anyone? Shouldn't the calibration have been done right before they gave me my car back after installing the engine? Could this really happen, or did the dealership do a bad job of tuning the new engine in the first place? I'm trying to get a feel for if this dealership is competent and I can trust them, or if they don't know what their doing. Any thoughts?
Get Deysha or Nikki involved (Ford reps on here). Sounds like some follow on work is definitely needed.
I'm not sure on the recalibration or if it's needed. But I would think that's something that shouldn't need to be done 200 miles later, if at all. Maybe they didn't install something right
I'm not sure on the recalibration or if it's needed. But I would think that's something that shouldn't need to be done 200 miles later, if at all. Maybe they didn't install something right
Deysha
#7
thats the exact same issue i had, my short block was replaced from piston slapping causing ticking noise, then the engine light came on due to misfiring on #2 and #8, here the link to my topic, sometimes they forget to reprogram the "crank shaft position" which causes the problem
https://themustangsource.com/forums/...ocking-535034/
https://themustangsource.com/forums/...ocking-535034/
Thanks for your reply and the link. That SSM 44328 seems like a possibility for my car, but I agree that they should have done this automatically.Also, I have never seen a check engine light through all this, so who know? How is your car now? Have you confirmed that you have a 2014 engine? Isn't that 13hp more for your troubles?Beavis
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Get Deysha or Nikki involved (Ford reps on here). Sounds like some follow on work is definitely needed.
I'm not sure on the recalibration or if it's needed. But I would think that's something that shouldn't need to be done 200 miles later, if at all. Maybe they didn't install something right
I'm not sure on the recalibration or if it's needed. But I would think that's something that shouldn't need to be done 200 miles later, if at all. Maybe they didn't install something right
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