What's the Most Reliable Ford F-150 Engine? V8 or Turbo V6 - Dude, I Love or Hate My Ride @Home

I really love these owner reviews please keep it up. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Bring back the 4.9 and the 4.6

Why no 2013 Boss 6.2L?

I would like to know oil change schedule and brand of oil and filter

I have one with 350000 on it

We had several of the v6 ford F150s as patrol vehicles and they were always in the shop for some issue with the turbos. All of them had more than one cracked housings. And they all had several other issues.

The guy with the ecoboost in the videos took meticulous care of it and you know he babied it.

Show us one that was in a rental or commercial fleet.

You can get a Ford Ecoboost and take good care of it and have issues and get a Toyota Tundra and just take average care of it and it will give you 200,000 miles with issues.

That issue with throttle bodies is just unacceptable for any modern vehicle. Hell even a Chevy doesn’t do that. Heck even a Chrysler product doesn’t do that 😂

My 2010 4.6 has 336,000 km and runs fine and uses no motor oil after 9000 km.

Haha I keep the same amount of chains and tow straps in the same place in my truck bed. It was like looking at my truck in the video.

The biggest issue you’ll find with catastrophic failures is honesty about the vehicles maintenance or lack of.

I have a 2009 ford f150 lariat with 3.4 v8 and back up camera works just fine

Dang. My '17 5.0 get 16-17 mpg while hauling a 12' fully enclosed steel trailer loaded. 124k miles so far.

Thank you for this!

Who does 250k miles of oil changes themselves? Me, that guy and many others. Though not everyone has the time or space to do it. Its very simple. I also 100% completely maintain fix, modify every vehicle i ever owned. Again not hard, you hust need to have will power. Im not a engineer or mechanic. No one will take car of your vehicle like you would.

My 5.4 3v was just laid to rest. 287k miles. Bought it with 204k ex commercial truck. I had great luck with it. Had, efan conversion, long tube headers, cat back, cai, and 5 star tune from 231k to the end. The 20' 5.0 that replaced it just now will get tune soon. Has cat back and cold air for show and sound. Hopefully the 10spd will behave and i wont need to change motor due to oil consumption, lol. Sounds amazing, neck and neck with brother in laws 18 3.5 eco. Mileage with having fun better. Race truck next to 05 i had. Long live the V8 ❤ small displacement motors only work to please the EPA gods in heavy work vehicles.

The F-150 has too many years of engineering history built into the V-8 engine power source. Everything else is to comparison's forged around the V-8's utility augmentations. It's no wonder the 8' cargo bed went out the vent window behind the full body side molding. No?

What the heck are you needing so many throttle bodies for. I have 152,000 on my 2011 3.5 Eco-boost. Never had a throttle body issue. Still on my second set of Michelin tires. Coils, plugs at 105000 miles. Oil changed every 5,000 miles. Transmission fluid, power steering fluid and antifreeze changed at 75,000 and 150,000. Still sounds and runs like new. No rust yet. Driven mostly March to October pulling my camper.

Everyone talks about the eco boost . All motor is way better all around. Easy to work on

179k and counting on my 2018 3.5 l ecoboost zero issues. Been fabulous.

I have a 2014 ram 3.6 with 240,000 miles

Thank you, huge fan of the channel
Looking to buy a used 150 soon..around 2018 to 2020..
Did you mine all your responses to one data sheet? Maybe on the website?

Thanks for sharing this. I look forward to seeing the results of the owner survey.

Ford 4.6 354k all original 2003 f150

I have a 2013 with a 5.0 with 260000 miles

Great video:) I have the 5.0 w/ 286k and had to replace fuel pump which was pricey

I don't have a 12th gen f150 yet but my 10th gen has 435k lol

Had to change anti-sway bar bushings, ball joints, oil pressure sensor at around 100,000 on my 2011 Silverado Ext Cab 4×4. Transmission is still tight, engine has a slight tick at 194,000. Was told its piston slap. Frame is rotting on drivers side from the inside out and still drives and starts fine. Have had it since around 55,000 miles.

I have a 2010 5.4 with 234,000 miles. The motor had to be replaced at 175,000 miles. If you’re buying a used older f150 avoid the 5.4

Not bad for a ford my 09 ram 1500 5.7 has 263k miles on original drivetrain only engine issues I've had is a few waterpumps and done manifold bolts a few times truck is rusty though but runs out good

2002 Avalanche. Recall for Rusted ABS sensors. Had to do it again and pay - recall was only good for one event - got new bearings at the same time. That was the second set of front bearings so bearing and ABS rust were the only real issues.- Truck ran to 199,750 miles then the fule pump died - Mechanic did not want to fix it because of all the rust on the underside of the truck (just before covid). Only other major repair was the wiring harness - totally eaten by a Squirrel. $4,000 repair - and insurance paid because it was an act of God.

I am coming from a 5.6 liter V8 in a Nissan Titan to a 3.5 Ecoboost V-6. I thought I'd miss the V8, but the power delivery in the Ecoboost isn't peaky as I was expecting, it's pretty nice and linear.

I tell people all the time:

Ecoboost has a high towing capacity but great fuel economy so it is capable of getting decent fuel economy but can still tow a considerable amount of weight. I wouldn't tow much daily because it is a v6.

The 5.0 V8 is the one that is known to last for ages and won't go through the stress and fuel economy loss when towing heavier things.


At the end of the day the Ecoboost and 5.0 are both great engines.

5.0 , and it's not even a discussion.
Anytime you add turbos to a (gasoline)engine you willingly accept that you'll get less use from the engine , overall.

Too much bs about other crap

My 2013 f150 v8 has 290,000 miles at the moment. I bought it back in 2017 with 108,000. I have not had any major issues at all. I have only changed my oil and my tires. I have hauled a lot of construction material and put this truck to work. The 4×4 system has always performed as designed.

I have a 2011 Ecoboost… and my truck just really really really likes to foul out plugs and coil packs… it’s honestly been really annoying because I can’t trust it for cross country…basically any 1,000 miles plus x country trip I love taken I’ve a plug and/or coil pack go out causing me to get misfires and eventually limo mode (when I’m trying to limp it to a parts store for a coil).
The truck has sat a bit to much over the last year or two as I had a company truck for a daily. Now it burns a little oil on cold start, has a code for a cold start misfire… it’s also past due for some general maintenance that I just haven’t had the time to get to yet (brakes and exploring the burning oil and misfires more). AC compressor locked up (or at least just the clutch), not sure if it’s just the clutch but I think it is the compressor, I lost the belt for the AC but haven’t fixed that yet either lol. I got no CEL on the dash even though the codes tell me about the cold start misfire but that’s the only “major” thing that shows in the codes… also the battery light is on and always comes on, just put a new battery in it and still get the code for “voltage regulator”. Put a volt meter on the battery with the truck running and I get 13.5 volts, so the alternator is still charging but might be a little weak… not sure about voltage code being thrown, but I’m just kinda keeping an eye on the alternator and waiting for it to go out so I can throw in a new alternator and address the AC compressor issue at the same time while I’m in there with everything opened up.
I think mine might be a bit of a lemon with the fouling of plugs and coil packs… I literally need plugs and coils about every 30k miles… coils are expensive to do all six (to me anyways) every 20-30k so ever since doing all six the first time I’ve just found the bad coil/s and replaced just the ones that were bad. I’ve tried fixing the root of the problem with fouling plugs/coils but never fully fixed it. The best I can come up with is on longer trips oil vapor builds up in the intercooler, and when I get on the go pedal under load or climbing a hill that built up vapor just gets sucked into the intake and fouls out my plugs/coils. The truck is bone stock (meaning I haven’t installed a catch can which could help with my issue). Only thing I’ve done is drill the “wheel hole” in the bottom of the intercooler. It’s a a 1/16 hole that lets the oil vapor drain out the bottom of the intercooler.

I have a 2004 F150 with a 5.4 Triton and 250,000 miles on it. Beat vehicle I have ever owned.

V8 all day, I don’t trust the Ecoboosts whatsoever.

My right arrow key got excited when I heard roman mention their sponsor

Hi i do evry 5000 miles oil cheinch. I have explorer 2018 limited v6 3,5 L 241000 miles no ecoboost

5.0 all day. Easier to fix and no turbos.

My 2013 F 150 with the 5.0 has 293000 miles on it with zero problems. Engine still sounds amazing

I'm anti Ecoboost turbo vehicles.

2011 5.0 Coyote just locked up on me at 236k miles and the transmission will skip or pop on the 4th gear. New motor and New Transmission is needed now.

2003 F150 5.4 2v 387k original engine and timing chain still going strong. 250k is nothing.

Neither.4.9 l.old school

My dad has a 2009 1500 Silverado 6.0L and runs great at 200k

your intro, i will never wipe a body of a Chrysler Dodge like that, that Cummins Diesel is the business and is the best diesel ive seen start in the artic cold without aide you know like a block heater, without Cummins that whole Dodge Ram and its transmission is weaker than your grandma at the seniors home.

Ford gas trucks are not bad. Toyota V8 Tundra will be a great truck for a construction worker, Toyota is reliable as hek.

The 5.0 would be my choice.

I have a 2010 5.4 295,000 miles

These vids have been helpful. I’m debating buying a 14 fx4 eco boost with 90k