Ford f-150

As much as my car enthusiast-self hates to admit it, the days of the gas powered V8 are numbered. Even never owning a vehicle motorized by one of these monstrous power plants, it's a sad concept to wrap my head around. For decades, we've all relied on those eight cylinders for the necessity to haul heavy objects around, and for the sheer enjoyment of speed. For those of you in the business of the latter, you might find this to be foreboding, especially since one of the pioneers of popularizing the V8 is the one driving the final nail in the coffin. You heard correctly, I'm holding Ford responsible for taking one of the biggest steps against the eight cylinder engine. It's not necessarily a bad thing, however, since their EcoBoost engines are more than up to snuff to fill the shoes of the V8.

Under this plastic engine cover sits one of the biggest blows to the mighty V8. While it might still take a while for the eight cylinder to fully go extinct, the 3.5L EcoBoost makes downsizing very

It goes without saying that the cooling system routed throughout the engine bay of any vehicle works best when the coolant stays in the system. It's one of the main design requirements in fact. If that sounds familiar, that's because this same statement was made about the Ford 7.3 Powerstroke's expansion tank, which begs the question, is there a chink in the armor of Ford's self-proclaimed tough built trucks?

While most of the F-150 is "Built Ford Tough" the factory expansion tank doesn't exactly live up to that standard.

Don't get me wrong, the F-150, for the most part, lives up to the widely recognized moniker. Ford designed them specifically to put up with the constant punishment that the pickup truck was originally intended for -- blasting through rugged terrain all with a loaded bed and a trailer in tow. There's a reason why it's been the best-selling pickup truck for the past 40 years. That being said, nobody's perfect. After a little scouring of the internet, it turns out the twelfth-generation