2020 GT350 engine blew up.

[Scrape]

Ouch! Still happening? WTF! 3 known ones so far.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/my-2020-gt-350-engine-blew-today.138273/ (https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/my-2020-gt-350-engine-blew-today.138273/)

[Zippy]

Reading that thread, there are 4 that have blown up. That's a shame.

[ZR]

I thought the teething problems of the early engines were in the rear view mirror. Hopefully it's a small number and the bulk of them are good to go.

[Screw]

Ouch! Still happening? WTF! 3 known ones so far.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/my-2020-gt-350-engine-blew-today.138273/ (https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/my-2020-gt-350-engine-blew-today.138273/)

3 cases today if they don’t quarantine them it will be catastrophic...

Gonna go see what BMW owners are saying :stickpoke:

[FABMAN]

I also heard a rumor that the GT350 will not be returning for the 2021. Perhaps they have just had too many issues with getting the flat plane crank to work reliably.

[Scrape]

Yes, it’s gone and so is the Bullitt. But there will be a Mach 1

http://www.torontomustangclub.ca/forums/showthread.php?16697-2021-Mach-1-CONFIRMED-in-Leaked-Ford-Document



I also heard a rumor that the GT350 will not be returning for the 2021. Perhaps they have just had too many issues with getting the flat plane crank to work reliably.

[newbiestangowner]

I’m confused buddy, you pointed out a deadline coming up and then pointed out engines blowing up??

:)


I’ll just stick to slo turd


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[Scrape]

Excuses excuses... :chicken:


I’m confused buddy, you pointed out a deadline coming up and then pointed out engines blowing up??

:)


I’ll just stick to slo turd


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[Hotford]

Blame COVID 19 for it...………….

[Scrape]

Blame COVID 19 for it...………….

lol!

[N89]

It looks like the problems with some late 19's and 20's is due to a bad batch or valves.
For anyone looking for one of these don't let it scare you, the whole thing got blown way out of proportion.
Most engine replacements were due to excessive oil consumption, some of them probably didn't even need to be replaced. I get it that engines shouldn't be burning that much oil but i also wonder how those engines were used.
Just make sure you buy the lowest mileage car you can afford and buy the ford extended warranty. You will be good to go and if the engine goes you get a new motor no big deal.


Even some 500's may be having the same issues with the valves.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/the-500-broke.138390/

[RedSN]

^^^i read that, but I didn’t understand what “valve” they were talking about?

[Ontariomystic]

The only good thing about the 5.2L in the GT350 is the sound.

[Harbinger]

It looks like the problems with some late 19's and 20's is due to a bad batch or valves.
For anyone looking for one of these don't let it scare you, the whole thing got blown way out of proportion.
Most engine replacements were due to excessive oil consumption, some of them probably didn't even need to be replaced. I get it that engines shouldn't be burning that much oil but i also wonder how those engines were used.
Just make sure you buy the lowest mileage car you can afford and buy the ford extended warranty. You will be good to go and if the engine goes you get a new motor no big deal.


Even some 500's may be having the same issues with the valves.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/the-500-broke.138390/

Ya My 23 yearold Camry with nearly 260,000 km doesn't burn a drop and a hand built voodoo engine burns oil? Ford can do better.

[Armen]

Ya My 23 yearold Camry with nearly 260,000 km doesn't burn a drop and a hand built voodoo engine burns oil? Ford can do better.

Yes they do. But I'd still rather have a GT350 with a blown engine :)

[fast Ed]

I'm guessing that one of the ways it make the power it does in NA form is low tension piston rings along with looser piston fit than lower output production engines. That translates to more oil usage, especially when you rev the bejeesus out of them as they should be enjoyed. 5.0 HOs did the same thing back in the day, all of a sudden boom you could be down a litre of oil because they had loose fitting forged pistons with low tension rings.

[ZR]

I'm also guessing some are expecting it to be like their family truckster mini van and use little to no oil between changes, given it's RPM and usage, some oil consumption is 100% normal. In the same breath, just because it has a max RPM north of 8k, does not mean the engine will live a long n healthy life constantly being driven one or more gears lower vs what it should just because it sounds good. Not saying everyone thats seen a failure drives it like but have seen more than one being cruised in a manner I'd fully expect it to drop dead. Engines hate big RPM and little to no load (especially mile after mile), it eats them alive.
Not so many years ago, we'd never have dreamed a street legal production car could achieve such heights, kudo's to Ford.


https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/da1116/da1116-256060/images/da1116-256060_12@2x.jpg?1477666701000

[Scrape]

Even with this issue I would still buy one but not in this pandemic. Don't even know if we will have a job.

[N89]

Ya My 23 yearold Camry with nearly 260,000 km doesn't burn a drop and a hand built voodoo engine burns oil? Ford can do better.


I don't know a lot about Camry's but a quick google search for Toyota Camry known issues came up with excessive oil burning as the #1 complaint.
Does that mean all Camry's burn oil or blow up?

Don't believe everything you read on line, it is a small number of Voodoo engines that actually need to be replaced.
And Ford does do better.... For example i had a 2010 Ford F-150 with 340,000 km's and the only thing i had to replace besides regular maintenance was an alternator.

Ford actually had the balls to "mass produce" an engine that revs up to 8,250 rpm's so kudo's to them for pushing the envelope.

[N89]

I'm also guessing some are expecting it to be like their family truckster mini van and use little to no oil between changes, given it's RPM and usage, some oil consumption is 100% normal. In the same breath, just because it has a max RPM north of 8k, does not mean the engine will live a long n healthy life constantly being driven one or more gears lower vs what it should just because it sounds good. Not saying everyone thats seen a failure drives it like but have seen more than one being cruised in a manner I'd fully expect it to drop dead. Engines hate big RPM and little to no load (especially mile after mile), it eats them alive.
Not so many years ago, we'd never have dreamed a street legal production car could achieve such heights, kudo's to Ford.


https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/da1116/da1116-256060/images/da1116-256060_12@2x.jpg?1477666701000


^^^^^
Agree 100% with everything you said.

[Zutz2v]

Boils down to new technology needs to be understood. I’m assuming a quick fix on this issue based on what I’m reading on the tread is that people who own this car just literally need to make sure they’re fluids are topped up between gas tanks because that’s just how the car is. Every German car ever built is like that as well. Lol


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[Ponyryd]

I didn’t go through all the threads but I thought at least 3 of those 2020 cars with failures were not modified, not racing, and had under 1000 miles. Sounds like a supplier issue, or possibly an assembly issue to me.....and ya, it’s a cool car and engine, just strange that they did it and are having so many issues.

[Ghost Rider]

The break in instructions for these engines are pretty specific and not like most cars... there are detailed instructions in the Owners manual that basically instruct you to break it in hard, says I light break in can actually cause greater oil consumption problems than the harder break in specified... I've also read online that it's like this cause it's built more like a race engine

dunno