Transverse to longitudinal engine swap

Montea6b said:

OK, thanks. So when you fix them, is there a corrective or preventative measure put in place to block that specific failure mode from happening again, or do you just buy another 0 - 120,000 miles? Just wondering if I could preemptively reduce the risk ahead of time.

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The fix is straight-up replacement. It's a flawed design Ford doesn't see fit to fix. It'll happen again with the new part too.

When the water pump's bearing fails, it lets the shaft wobble, allowing coolant past and into the oil. This happens quickly, I usually drain a gallon or more of coolant from the oil pan on cars where it is caught early, the unlucky ones lose nearly all of their coolant into the crankcase.

When I'm in there, I always insist on replacing the timing chain tensioner while I have it torn down, and inspecting and replacing the guides and chains as necessary. There's actually a bunch of photos of the job as performed on a 2010 Taurus in my build thread.