2.0 ecoboost motor - coolant in cylinder issue?

[BlueSnake77]

All GDI engine’s suffer from this. This is a result of the oil not getting hot enough to boil off the gasoline dilution. Short trips=bad

Wasn't aware of the fuel dilution problem with the 2.0 Ecoboost. Honda had the same problem with thier 1.5L turbos in the Civic and CR-V's. I had the non-turbo 2.0 in my Focus. It was GDI but I was commuting 39 miles round trip daily so the engine was always getting up to temp.

But short trips have always been bad even for carbureted and port injected engines. Only it was water, not fuel getting in the oil. Probably most of you already know this, but moisture/condensation gets into your oil (pan) after you shut off your engine and it cools down overnight. Getting the engine up to operating temperature burns off the moisture. If you do short drives where the engine doesn't get up to full operating temperature, the excess moisture doesn't get burned off and over time collects in your oil pan. As we know oil and water don't mix so, yeah, bad. I live like 12 minutes from my work so I always let the engine warm up a bit to and from work before I drive it so the engine gets up to operating temperature.

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[ToastyScones]

They do, no argument from me. The GM version, forget what they call it as I am NO GM fan seems to not have as much of an issue as the Ecoboost. There are YouTube videos about it. Bottom line, run high grade synthetics and change the oil often. Oil is cheap, just not as cheap as it used to be.

GMs take on EB is called ecotec if I’m not mistaken

 

[fossil]

Oshkosh Defense must have continence in the 2.0L. The new USPS trucks will be powered by the Detroit built 2.0L Ford Eco backed by the 8F35. 2.0L - future constraint lol
Just announced the USPS ordered 9K+ EV Transits.

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