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Couple interesting bits of trivia about this process with the cooler installed on my unit. On my unit there is no drain plug - so - I am stuck with an extract and fill - as a jobber solution (cheaper) that doesn't follow the service procedure. OR According to the OE instructions - I remove and replace the cooler unit with a new one (service kit alone is ~$300 bucks) - then your looking at fluid and labor to remove a frame cross member to even be able to remove the cooler in the first place. I have no idea what the labor on that would be - I'm guessing expensive. All of this in order to do a proper spill and fill - because it doesn't have a drain plug.

I actually just went in and checked that - it is in my profile. Maybe I need to add a custom signature or something.

The Haz, the myth, the legend - Thank you again for helping the community Haz! I actually own the ST with the 2.7 and I have the aux cooler strapped on my ptu.

I have no knowledge of which generation ptu ended up in my 2019, but it does ENRAGE me that FORD designed this GEAR BOX sans the drain plug to make it as difficult to service as possible. In addition to the heat soak with the position - the straight tiny quantity of lube keeping this thing alive is one of the problems. Ford Engineering: "Hey EVERYBODY! We've got this great idea to build a gear box without a way to change the lubricant. Isn't that a GREAT IDEA?!!" Everybody: Sound of crickets....

Does anyone know what the labor time would be to do a timing job on the 2019+ units? While they are in there for such a job I would of course also have the oil pump belt replaced.

My 2019 does not have a drain plug (Thanks FORD) it has the cooler unit in it.

The Amazon reviews cite several reports of seals being installed backwards on this unit causing leaks upon install. As promising as this unit looks - the current run of product seems to have problems - and in the review chain on Amazon - there is no response from Dorman. This kind of thing would create all sorts of chaos in the shop and for a customer. It also appears that for the 2019 and up - where the design changed - this product is not available.

Yeah - the service records - that is one concern - the other to me is - 2 owners and the second owner was in it only 16 months. My spidey sense is activated on that. People who get into a car usually don't get out of it in that length of time for no reason.

Yes - the collection of personal data is out of control and has been for some time. The patterns are just more obvious now that you can see how they are being utilized. This little news item did enrage me since the idea that my automobile could be participating in this practice is a new frontier.

I ran across this article on the blog of malwarebytes - it actually popped into my email as I have a subscription - about Ford filing a patent application for an IN VEHICLE eavesdropping system that will serve you targeted advertising. Blog post linked here: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/09/ford-seeks-patent-for-conversation-based-advertising I have to say - IF this system comes to Ford - I would never be interested in owning another one of their products ever again.

A number of people have reported here that auto stop will quit working in that range but the vehicle starts and runs fine. When mine reached ~390 CCA I replaced the battery and all the function returned - including the controversial auto/start-stop.

Oh come on now - you need to get to Albuquerque and you end up in Topika and you could call that an involuntary vacation!

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I emptied my JL oil can yesterday after ~1500 miles and found it had about .25 to .5 ounce of oil in it. I'm glad it is working and that I saved that from going into the intake but I am also pretty sure I can safely empty it every time the oil is changed.

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Following on with this thread - I decided to try disabling the auto stop feature in the info center and it keeps reenabling the function after I have UNchecked it as an option in the menu. Anyone else have this also happen? I would call this a zombie feature that you cannot get rid of. This does not seem normal to me.

Your case seems unique to me. I live in a climate that experiences below 70 degrees outside about half of the year and my start stop function does not care what the outside temperature is that I notice. There is the usual limit of ~90 to 120 seconds before the engine starts again - but from what I have seen outside temperature does not seem to be much of a determiner of when it kicks in or not. I will say that my 12v battery is essentially new.

I make it my practice to regularly question whatever the dealership service department wants to sell me. Dealership service departments get REALLY excited about selling you services. I flat out do NOT trust one of my local dealers (the one I purchased from incidentally). I recently went in and had a 'complementary oil change' done (included in my purchase) and they told me - your pads are at 4 mm - which is getting close to needing replacement. Next oil change - green condition on the brake pads - meaning plenty of wear material left. I verify everything that outfit 'recommends' that I have done. Tires should be easy to visually see - if they are bald - as you say and have no tread - take them to an independent shop and ask for their evaluation. For sure you will get better quality for cheaper than what the dealer will want to charge buying the tires elsewhere.

I second enigma's thought about the opener itself (the hardware) being the problem. I have replaced 2 craftsman openers (about 10 years old) that had mainboard issues that prevented closing. The problems were intermittent but replacing the units with liftmasters solved the issues.

That one has the added bonus of the cow flatulence reducer blend built right in. Good call. 👏

We Edge owners are much luckier than Escape owners when it comes to cabin air filter replacement. Edge filters are a breeze to slip in. I upgraded my cabin filters with Wix multilayer - which do a fantastic job in comparison to oe.

What I can gather from your post is: 1. 2019 Edge with 36000 miles makes a tone when accelerating after a stop with no message on dash. 2. You get a message that something (you said battery) is turned off to save battery. 3. You took it to the dealership and they did something in software that didn't fix anything. 4. The car won't keep your cellphone synced. (I am unclear exactly what this refers to) ______________________________________________________ For #2 above - I would suggest you take this car to an auto shop you know you can trust and ask them to put a battery tester on your 12 volt battery to see if it needs to be replaced. Your car is right in the time frame of needing the original battery to be replaced as they generally have a limited life span. For #1 - a door or hood latch that has gone bad can trigger a chime - so having a shop check these may help. For #3 - I have no comment for this. For #4 - I have no comment for this.

There is so much that could be said on this topic - there isn't a snowball's chance that we will ever have any real privacy protections in the US anyway. In the EU there are some privacy initiatives meant to be helpful - but in the US - the people who could set the regulation don't grasp the technology well enough to have any idea what questions to ask - so we have what we have. At best - you have surface level control of this - and you will like it! Most if not all of what you detail above Google has had it's own version of for years - this is just the latest Ford version.

This is a great post - you are lucky to have a drain plug.

This issue - which seems to impact a range of ecoboost motors - is the result of design flaws with the block. My wife bought an escape with the 1.5 in it and this motor has had 2 short blocks replaced (1 by us - under warranty) and a new head - also under warranty. I have already started talking to her about making a decision about that car before the esp runs out.