Driving Ranger 90% for short trips

[fordc51]

I am looking at getting a 2wd truck. I am older, live in a semi suburban area. Probably 85% of my driving will be approx. 5 t 10 mile trips. Very little freeway driving. Some occasional very light towing. I notice lots of info on turbo engines, letting them cool down for a min. ,before turning them off. I've saw other threads where some people avoid driving their truck on short trips? I can't imagine this being much of an issue with all if the turbo vehicles on the road.​

Should this be a concern?​

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[hand-filer]

Short trips are not conducive to longevity. Every start up produces moisture and some fuel dilution in the motor. If the motor isn't brought up to operating temperature and driven long enough to evaporate the moisture and fuel, the oil becomes contaminated quicker. I would suggest following oil change intervals for severe service conditions in your case.

There is no need to idle the motor for a minute prior to shutting down. Based on the info you provided the turbo won't see a lot of boost situations so no need to idle down for a minute prior to shutting down. That was more of a thing in the early days of turbo implementation.

 

[fordc51]

I saw where Hondas were having problems with fuel in oil s few trs ago. Haven't saw nearly as much about it with ford. Lots f ecoboost engines in suburbs in suvs n cars, not counting trucks.

 

[SubaruRaptor]

I am looking at getting a 2wd truck. I am older, live in a semi suburban area. Probably 85% of my driving will be approx. 5 t 10 mile trips. Very little freeway driving. Some occasional very light towing. I notice lots of info on turbo engines, letting them cool down for a min. ,before turning them off. I've saw other threads where some people avoid driving their truck on short trips? I can't imagine this being much of an issue with all if the turbo vehicles on the road.​

Should this be a concern?​

You do not need to let your turbo truck or car cool down if you are normal driving. This is only for extreme use cases if you are racing / towing heavy loads. 10 miles trips should be enough on a normal temp day to get the car close enough to median temperature. If you are in a colder climate, pre starting the truck will help with that. The main thing to avoid is trips up to the mail box and back, and that being your only driving for the day.

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

I think the vehicle fans will stay on to cool the turbo even if the car is turned off, if the vehicle detects that it is necessary to do so.

If anything for taking car of a modern turbocharged engine like this, don't push the engine hard till the oil gets up to temp (usually 5-10 minutes of driving). That's all you need to worry about.

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