Hey guys, starting my search for a new truck. Im starting to like the F150 with the 6.2L. I know little about them. Obviously it would need premium gas, and wouldnt get the best gas mileage. But im fine with that. How reliable are these engines and drivetrains? Any issues to look out for? Any info and help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
F150 6.2 a Good Daily Driver?
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6.2L take regular.
IMO the 6r80 is a stout transmission and I haven't read too many horror stories on the 6.2L from a Raptor perspective.
IMO the 6r80 is a stout transmission and I haven't read too many horror stories on the 6.2L from a Raptor perspective.
The 6.2L is fords most reliable engine in a truck these days. It will easily go 200k miles with regular maintenance and same as the 6R80. The worst thing I think ford did was drop the 6.2L F150 line up
Lol just looked at a truck with a 6.2 that dropped a valve at 132k, then saw this thread.
I looked at a Limited with a 6.2l before I bought my FX4 with the 3.5L.
The 6.2l is a beast but the torque in the 3.5 is fun
I drove it 70 miles a day for a year before I bought a work beater.
Pick your poision
The 6.2l is a beast but the torque in the 3.5 is fun
I drove it 70 miles a day for a year before I bought a work beater.
Pick your poision
Its a solid motor. Fuel mileage is abysmal
IIRC the transmission and most of the engine is the same.
Hotter cams in the Raptor/F-150(?) I believe is the main difference engine wise between the 6.2L in the F-150's and Super Duty
This. If fuel mileage is no consideration I say go for it. You can get a very nice 2014 truck for a decent price these days.
I daily drove my 2011 Lariat for 2 years with a 6.2 and I averaged about 10.8 miles per gallon not towing and about 7 miles per gallon when towing so if you don't mind living at the gas pump it's a great motor. I have a 3.5 EcoBoost now and I definitely miss the sound but not the fuel mileage.... and my EcoBoost makes more power and torque and gets nearly twice the mileage whether I'm towing or not.
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Wow, I'm glad I bought the 3.5 ha
I get about 18 on the highway, 14-15 towing my boat or a car.
And that's on 33's with a 3" lift
I'm guessing that is around town mileage?
Yes that's mixed driving. However I was in outside sales and did a lot of highway mileage as well and the best I ever did on the highway averaging about 80 miles an hour was 12.4 with 3.73 gears in the rear end and staying on the cruise control. My truck was terrible on gas. Even after I had it tuned with an intake and full exhaust I only gained about .7 miles per gallon.
Im trying to stay around the $20k price point. Looks like the 2011 is closer to that mark. The other option i have is to wait a year on the truck and possibly up my budget a bit. If i do that ill look at a used tahoe/yukon/escalade (2008-2011ish) that i will drive for a year then my wife will have it when her crv lease is up (we need a bigger suv now with 2 kids).
Sounds like they are good trucks. Any issues to look out for? Is that dropped valve mentioned above a common issue? any common issues with these trucks with 6.2 with 120k miles or so?
Sounds like they are good trucks. Any issues to look out for? Is that dropped valve mentioned above a common issue? any common issues with these trucks with 6.2 with 120k miles or so?
Ecoboost wins everywhere over the 6.2 OTHER THAN sound.
Had a ‘11 FX4 with the 3.5 and it was a beast.
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Had a ‘11 FX4 with the 3.5 and it was a beast.
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I had a 2010 platinum with the 6.2 and I loved that truck. I’d still have it today if I wasn’t commuting so far to work. I’ll likely go ecoboost next.
The only issue I had with mine was a leaky rear diff that just had to be resealed and when downshifting from 4th to 3rd gear it would sometimes shift hard. Also, if you were rolling backwards and shifting from reverse to drive it would lurch into first gear occasionally. ... I'm talking about like one or two miles an hour not like I was doing 15 miles an hour backwards and jamming it into drive. Both my 2011 and 2015 with the 6-speed had the same characteristic.
Crazy, my roush raptor(35's with 4.10's) on mud tires gets better MPG at 80.
But yea, these 6.2Ls aren't fuel efficient.
Ditto. Not supercharged like yours, but I get about 12.6 city only, 15 mixed, and about 17 highway if I keep it around 70. Most gas trucks these days get terrible gas mileage at higher speeds than that.
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