Did any one read anything about this.. what's the go?? Is it fixed?? Does anyone actually *know* what happened

Did any one read anything about this.. what's the go?? Is it fixed?? Does anyone actually *know* what happened

Just did a Yahoo search and no hits?? Where did you hear this?

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Wheels were fanging one of the XR6Ts around Ford proving grounds when it overheated and shut off two cylinders I think. It had to do something with the computer programming, not hardware issues.

According to Geoff Polites and Wheels, it's been rectified an all XR6Ts.

Wheels were fanging one of the XR6Ts around Ford proving grounds when it overheated and shut off two cylinders I think. It had to do something with the computer programming, not hardware issues.

According to Geoff Polites and Wheels, it's been rectified an all XR6Ts.

Can you give us a link to an article?

It's in the Car of the Year edition of Wheels. The car they were using was actually a pre-release model as well.

We'll see what happens then.. I actually understood that Ford had spent a lot of time and money on reducing, or at least balancing, up the heat through the head

The ECU shut the engine down on 2 occasions because of an "oil temperature protection mode" issue

Ford established the problem was due to a lack of foresight during the development of the engine oil over temperature protection strategy software written for the cars engine management computer, in the month following the incident Ford engineers developed and validated an update. XR6 Turbos already in the hands of customers will have the fresh code flashed into the ECU at the 3000k service.