Ford triton engine rebuild question

[Mtn.man]

Easy, drive to nearest Chevy dealer, get a Duramax. Problem solved.

[ben4372]

I sure miss the days when I could do a SBC for less then 1k and a Ford for a little more. These prices are crazy!

I'm with you. Parts are getting expensive, and complicated.

[trlcavscout]

Easy, drive to nearest Chevy dealer, get a Duramax. Problem solved.

Do they come standard with the bag to put over your head?

[BushMasterBoy]

http://www.jasperengines.com/ford-triton-engines.php

[BPTactical]

http://www.jasperengines.com/ford-triton-engines.php

Not only no, but fug no. They don't have a good track record.
Envision the "puppy mill" of internal combustion engines.

[zteknik]

Not only no, but fug no. They don't have a good track record.
Envision the "puppy mill" of internal combustion engines.

Yea I have to echo what Bert said, when I worked at a private shop I spent more time working on wty Jaspers more then I did with OEM wtys.

[BushMasterBoy]

Maybe Mtn man was right.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/autom...ord_spark.html

[trlcavscout]

Maybe Mtn man was right.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/autom...ord_spark.html

They all have their common problems, the triton engine is a POS I will be happy to get rid of but I worked at GM dealers for 10 years before and after the army, I started as a transmission guy just rebuilding transmissions which GM does not make a good one unless you get the Allison. I did heavy line, bumper to bumper and driveability at a few different dealers. I could make a list of common problems with almost every year and style of GM vehicles. From the Cadillac/Oldsmobile block halves, to the chevy/GMC truck transmissions, 5.7 intake gaskets, brake problems on the late 90's trucks/blazers/suburbans, they ends up buying back a lot of those vehicles. they all throw shit out to see what sticks, half the time the engineers know it's not going to work.


i am just going to pay mine off this summer and trade it in. I went to two different ford dealers Friday and both said they would give me half of NADA because of the triton hahahaha I bought it from one of those dealers and they didn't have a problem selling me the POS then with the same noise but they don't want it back now. I had 2K cash in my pocket, the trade which is mint other then the phaser noise and I owe book "trade in" on it but we couldn't make a deal. So I will go to Denver this fall to another dealer. I will never go to spradley Barr ford again.

[jmg8550]

I have personally seen triton engines go up to 800,000 miles with virtually no problems. Timing chain guides and tensioners wear out, or pumps wear out, valve train wears out. Those engines are built tough. You just CANNOT run them low on oil. The spark plug issue was a flaw, easily remedied by replacing the spark plugs with the correct updated ones. But other than that, a great engine.

The folks at Spradley Barr are a bunch of lying assholes. And Loveland Ford isn't any better.