Was thinking the same thing. But improves the looks nonetheless.

 

I recommend taking it to your dealer immediately. They'll be able to perform a thorough inspection and provide you with coverage details.

Hey guys -

Thanks for the advice and information! Our factory-trained techs can look at his 'Stang and determine the best course of action. If you all need anything, please shoot me a PM.

Thomas

 

The problems with the TSB .. and Ford secrecy .. is that if Ford is experiencing #8 failures on 100% STOCK cars then there is a #8 engineering issue. However .. if Ford has a chance to play off the failure on the aftermarket tune to save on the Warranty repair then that is B.S.

I would think Thomas, Deysha, etc ... would be able to tell us how many 2011-2013 have had the #8 failure that were warrantied. That would in and of itself prove that the problem is the 5.0 and not the aftermarket tune. However .. I am sure information like that is Top Secret stuff that Ford would never disclose.

 

Is the #8 issue present in the 2013 5.0's? While I'm sure we will not be told, I can't help but wonder if the improvements made to the 5.0 were to address this issue.

Yet another reason why I am glad now that I got the 4.6.

 

So has there been any idea what the real reason is behind the fail? Weak rings? Poor oil supply? I just bought a coyote with 3800 miles on it with one spun rod bearing, Im guessing it may be the rings and as a result burnt a lot of oil , caused pressure drop and spun the bearing.The Ford Tech said the motor ran great, no noise at idle just a slight rattle at high rpm , no misfire etc, plugs are burnt nice and clean too. Im pulling the pistons so Ill see how they look when I get there, planning on at least a new set of rings when I put it back together. Id like to adress the problem while Im in there and not have this pop up again once its all back together.

 

spend $2500 to get the Boss 302 internals. BEAST right there then twin turbo and push a **** LOAD a power

 

The only explanation I've seen that seemed direct and with possible high levels of credibility was from AED. They cited 2 main causes, replacing the clutch and not doing a "profile learn" of sorts to the PCM, and the other one was extended WOT runs (5th and 6th gear). They claim the issue is in the stock tune mapping, so it can happen to a bone stock car, but aftermarket tuning and CAIs make it more likely to present itself unless the tuner is aware of the map flaw and tunes it out (which they claim to be able to do)....

 

Hmm so does that mean most of the car with blown #8's had the same strategy? Were all the cars Manual Transmission cars? Not asking Mudflap directly .. just throwing it out to the forum ..

 

I have seen rumblings on multiple forums that PCM code ZFK0 is the "problem child", but I have NO evidence to back that up right now. I keep meaning to research it, just haven't had the time...

 

Ouch ... That is my PCM code ...

Most of the #8's seem to be 2011's from what I have seen on the forums ...