2.3L engine dead

[DjMojon]

I got my Bronco in August of ‘22 and it’s been a dream ever since. About two weeks ago I heard a ticking noise coming from somewhere in the engine. The noise was consistent whether I was idling or rolling down the highway. I, of course, did what anyone else would do and googled the problem to find a solution. I saw a lot of different posts explaining the noise and comparing it to a sewing machine. A lot of posts were saying how it can be totally normal to hear that sound from Ford engines. Even though I had no warning lights on my dash, I still decided to take it to Ford.
It took Ford close to a week to even look at it. They decided the noise was way too loud to be normal so they drained the oil and decided it looked too shiny and something was wrong.

Two weeks later, I’m getting a new engine and no one knows what’s actually wrong. I’m hoping I can get it back before August. I had a lot of plans and things I wanted to do with my Bronco.

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[Rick Astley]

Fairly typical of any modern manufacturer to simply replace the engine rather than disassemble/repair/reassemble.

If their economies of scale say that's cheaper for them then have fun. It's a new factory built engine, probably far better than your average dealership mechanic could do considering the complexity of motors and tooling these days.

 

[Felix808]

Glad they are taking care of it. Like Rick said easier & more cost effective for them to just replace it all together. I'm sure at some point they will tear it down to see what happened though we will never hear of it .

 

[330SMG]

Maybe It will end up on the I Do Cars youtube channel and he will disassemble the engine to find out what is wrong

 

[KPLOBX]

The good news is you don’t have to worry about what was wrong, or whether you’ll have an issue later related to the engine disassembly

 

[EndersRide]

I’d say you were a bit luckier than me. Took them 3 months to get an engineer out to authorize the engine replacement on mine. Took about a week to order and another week to get the new one in and run through all the tests. Everything has been golden since. On the plus side, I’ve avoided the MT issues.

 

[bradcd]

Maybe It will end up on the I Do Cars youtube channel and he will disassemble the engine to find out what is wrong

Or speedkar99!

 

[PrepVet]

Maybe It will end up on the I Do Cars youtube channel and he will disassemble the engine to find out what is wrong

Odd you mention him, I just watched one of his vids about 10 mins ago. lol

 

[MFP2241]

I got my Bronco in August of ‘22 and it’s been a dream ever since. About two weeks ago I heard a ticking noise coming from somewhere in the engine. The noise was consistent whether I was idling or rolling down the highway. I, of course, did what anyone else would do and googled the problem to find a solution. I saw a lot of different posts explaining the noise and comparing it to a sewing machine. A lot of posts were saying how it can be totally normal to hear that sound from Ford engines. Even though I had no warning lights on my dash, I still decided to take it to Ford.
It took Ford close to a week to even look at it. They decided the noise was way too loud to be normal so they drained the oil and decided it looked too shiny and something was wrong.

Two weeks later, I’m getting a new engine and no one knows what’s actually wrong. I’m hoping I can get it back before August. I had a lot of plans and things I wanted to do with my Bronco.

What was the mileage when you started to hear the ticking?

 

[DjMojon]

What was the mileage when you started to hear the ticking?

right Around 7,400

 

[MFP2241]

right Around 7,400

Did they see anything that looked odd when you did the first oil change?

 

[DjMojon]

Did they see anything that looked odd when you did the first oil change?

All they said was that it looked shiny/glimmering. But they didn’t find any metal in it.

 

[rblume73]

So that's where one of my old 5.4L cam phasers went. I hope my 2.3L doesn't have the other one.

 

[DjMojon]

Dropped my car off on 6/9. Got it back on 7/13. Surprisingly the longest wait time was just them getting around to diagnosing my car. Once they realized what was wrong, from ordering the engine to putting it only took about two weeks. The pic is what they said was wrong with it

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