This is Why Maintaining the Ford 5.4L 3v Triton Engine is so Important!

Hey guys, what's up? Welcome back to the workshop. Today I'm working on two F-150s, both with five three-valve

engine

s and both with approximately the same mileage: 165 thousand one hundred sixty-eight thousand. Now, inside the

engine

, the difference is like night and day,

this

one was responsible for changing the engine oil every three to five thousand miles, depending on the oil they are using, while

this

one and not so much, this one has it towed there being reactive the time skipped the phase where all that good stuff fell apart while this one is being proactive and we are changing the time set to be proactive and get another hundred and eighty thousand miles out of the truck with no problems with all the parts latest and greatest and of course the new Melling high volume oil pump installed now, since we are talking about oil before we move on to the engines I want to make it clear in this video why it is not titled something about cleaning the oil , the five-four-three valve is very, very demanding, probably the most demanding engine and the entire Ford line adapts to oil cleanliness and you change the oil like this all the time and I'm also telling you right now.

I am making the official statement that I recommend 5w30 in these engines ASAP so your next oil change that you want to do at five thirty don't use the 520 that was there and meet cafe standards and you will be there for a time. fuel economy and cafeteria where as it went along it used a longevity 534 engine especially for that locking pin on the fazer which many of you are experiencing that knocking noise so let's go over the engines they're not going to believe the difference between these two, but We will show you in real time and it is a day and night difference to tell you that it is very, very

important

to change the oil in any vehicle, but especially in the five, four, three valve.

Let's do it, so here's the first engine. Here where the guy actually took care of the engine oil and maintained it, you can see everything looks pretty good, even the front cover, here, some varnish, there, four hundred and sixty-eight thousand normal miles, no real accumulation there and all the time. The opponents are intact and ready, so on this side of the engine I'll give you a good view. Look at the varnish, there's barely anything there. Those cam lobes and all the rocker arms. All good things. It's like a whole new look. This side here is what I'm used to seeing when I used to work on these engines under warranty the dealership this is what I look like underneath they're like new okay that's one hundred and sixty eight thousand miles can you believe it or not now?

Here's the front cover and you can see it's nice and clean on the non-PCV side and a little bit on this side perfectly normal and the same with the non-PCV valve cover and that's the PCB side, there's a very light buildup there and that's because of the oil maintenance here now. By contrast, I know it's a little darker around here. I'll try to take you where the light is to get good light now, of course, this one is more torn, but you can see, yeah. everything is a little caked on, take a look at the front here, yeah remember this one has the same mileage as the other truck, let's look at the same thing here, yeah, that's how bad it can get and here's the cover, you can see it's caked up there and you can see the build up there and the valve cover so it's pretty crazy to see the difference between these two trucks and then recognize each other in each of the stalls.

Now, the other thing I want to talk about real quick is that I understand a lot. of people you know make comments about Ford using the plastic guides and their timing kits and how stupid it is, but it's not that stupid because they designed the plastic here to be ultra strong as long as the tensions don't explode and start pulsing . against that, anything is going to fail metal backed or not if these turnbuckles blow out and that big heavy chain is hitting, so check these out, this one had a 180,000 with a weird groove in there, there's barely anything on the plastic, does it?

OK? let's look at this one right here with the light this one so you can drive it without breaking a sweat 150 180 thousand miles two hundred thousand miles if you take care of the engine and even these tensioners everyone asked me why I use the original front tensioner they are plastic well this is from a newer truck that has the upgraded gasket there so look the gasket lasted there no cranking noise again one hundred and eighty five thousand miles there no worries new parts work. Wait, it's just showing right there, okay, so it's possible and this is why they use plastic, because what are you going to ride with a heavy steel chain against aluminum steel if you make as much noise as possible?

So they had to use plastic metal. back or not okay, okay, totally okay as long as you keep your engine pretty crazy, right? I mean, it's a difference between day and night. I hope I can bring this one back for this guy and fix everything because he's a phaser. fell apart there and that's why there was a time problem at this bank and the rest will be ready as long as I renew everything there anyway as you can imagine it's very busy here full all these vehicles are waiting for me to Someone come back to this, but I think I should show you that to really illustrate the real world situation here, what it means to change the oil and take care of your truck, it can really pay back that investment over and over again for many. miles without problems See you next time