barryvo
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- First Name
- Barry
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2021
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- Location
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Vehicles
- VW Passat and Jeep Cherokee
I think the concerns are leaks along with too many hoses and connectors. The Ford engineers was great but indicated the rear engine and cooling systems require re-engineering and they needed to just something out to market.Not sure if you are serious or not, but I’ll go ahead and answer - the cooling system is just fine. Sandy thinks it would be nice it if used one or two fewer hoses, but there is nothing “horrible” about it at all. I’ve been monitoring temperature data on some long drives and the temperature control on the rear motor and the battery is excellent. Even on extended descents of steep roads the cooling is doing great.
If anything, the front motor coil seems to be the hardest part to keep cool since it only has a jacket cooler, and not an oil spray cooler. The front motor coil was the hottest component after an hour long regen off the Grand Mesa (largest flat top mountain in the world), but still didn’t get over 160F (limit of 248F).
We are torn because we want a EV but reliability is important to us. We have already accepted the phone as a key sucks and plan on getting an additional key fob.
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