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That looks exactly what happened to my timing chain cover. Repairs from Ford dealership were approximately $1800 USD. Granted, this is for the replacement of the cover and pulley. I did not have damage to any other internals.
Just a quick question on this as this same thing just happened on my 2012 a couple days ago and i plan on doing it myself. Do i need to remove the engine? Or can i just take off the from clip? All of these youtube videos show the engine out of the vehicle but i feel thats not necessary. Please correct me if i'm wrong!
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by JackGroski; Oct 31, 2023 at 08:14 PM.
Just a quick question on this as this same thing just happened on my 2012 a couple days ago and i plan on doing it myself. Do i need to remove the engine? Or can i just take off the from clip? All of these youtube videos show the engine out of the vehicle but i feel thats not necessary. Please correct me if i'm wrong!
Thanks in advance!
I own an '01, but I'll *guess* that fan, radiator, possibly trans cooler, oops - AC condensor, maybe grill, would help. But each of these adds serious change for fluid replacement. Personally, I'd prefer a friendly wrench suck the R134A(?) out and recharge it later. Protect any exposed lines, seriously; AC, trans especially. If you don't pull these, protect the radiator w cardboard. Or if you pull it to get 2 more inches to work, cardboard for the condensor. Let us know, later?
Can this be upgraded to Fords NEWER Parts? I ***-u-me so. Save pics 'n parts in case class action moves forward. It's easy to see Ford fixed it fast, and with too few cases, holes it blows over. I think they are eating EV plant costs at this time, too.
I had the repair done by a reputable mechanic. He did not need to pull the engine although he did have to pull everything off the front (water pump, timing chain cover, etc.) It cost me almost $2,000, and from what he told me it should have been more for the extensive labor involved. The new/replacement part from Ford was not a lot of money, but it was substantially stronger in design compared to the faulty design of the defective part. That tells me that Ford knew their original design was flawed. They should have some responsibility in this, as it is evident that this has occurred quite a lot.
Ya figured as much, the old design is flawed though. The part number for the new one is BL3Z-6019-A and you can see they add some 5 ribs right where that idler pulley is. Definitely should of been recalled IMO
Thanks for sharing !
I had the repair done by a reputable mechanic. He did not need to pull the engine although he did have to pull everything off the front (water pump, timing chain cover, etc.) It cost me almost $2,000, and from what he told me it should have been more for the extensive labor involved. The new/replacement part from Ford was not a lot of money, but it was substantially stronger in design compared to the faulty design of the defective part. That tells me that Ford knew their original design was flawed. They should have some responsibility in this, as it is evident that this has occurred quite a lot.
Reading through these posts, there seems to be a consistent theme I'm finding. 2011 F150's with the 5.0L engine suddenly having a serpentine belt spin off, causing the owner to investigate. Upon investigation, it shows that a HOLE has appeared in the cast metal timing chain cover. There is no "missing pulley" or other component that "broke off under strain" - technical drawings will confirm that. I talked with a very reputable mechanic who did some digging around and he told me that he had spoken with someone at FMC who told him that Ford had re-engineered that model year timing chain cover after these incidents began to appear. Hmmm ... there was never a recall for this, or I would have received a notice and most definitely would have taken my truck in for the recall repair. Could FMC be trying to dodge responsibility, due to this being a pretty extensive repair job? I know a good lawyer who may be interested in a class action suit against FMC for this issue. If you have experienced this problem, had no satisfaction from FMC, and would like to participate, please reply to me here.
same issue happened to my bf truck.
ting cover hole 2012 f150
[QUOTE=Drew.85301;5274714]Reading through these posts, there seems to be a consistent theme I'm finding. 2011 F150's with the 5.0L engine suddenly having a serpentine belt spin off, causing the owner to investigate. Upon investigation, it shows that a HOLE has appeared in the cast metal timing chain cover. There is no "missing pulley" or other component that "broke off under strain" - technical drawings will confirm that. I talked with a very reputable mechanic who did some digging around and he told me that he had spoken with someone at FMC who told him that Ford had re-engineered that model year timing chain cover after these incidents began to appear. Hmmm ... there was never a recall for this, or I would have received a notice and most definitely would have taken my truck in for the recall repair. Could FMC be trying to dodge responsibility, due to this being a pretty extensive repair job? I know a good lawyer who may be interested in a class action suit against FMC for this issue. If you have experienced this problem, had no satisfaction from FMC, and would like to participate, please reply to me here
I would be interested in joining the lawsuit. I ended up doing the job myself. Pulled the rad, rad fans A/C condenser and trans cooler off and everything was right there, very accessible.
New timing cover was just over $300 CAD (Im in Alberta) plus the seal, and rvt, so it wasnt too bad but i ended up doing a bunch of other **** while i was in there, VCT solenoids, A/C compressor and then both tensioners and pulleys. All in all it cost me $1500 CAD in parts.
The worst part was doing all of this in November in Alberta, While working 50hrs plus a week sharing 1 vehicle with the wife lol. Truck is too long for the garage So took me until about Christmas to get it all done with wait times on parts and dealing with the cold. Wasn't ideal but i learned somthing and got it back up and running.
Its been and 25000 KM now since the repair and no issues!
