2022 Bronco sport review

[5030]

snake oil?

Not really, look up the properties of Nano Borate and then report back. It's all on the internet. I guess the uneducated could deem it snake oil, go educate yourself before passing judgement. Actually, Nano Borate is a finely ground borax derivative suspended in mineral oil and it's very concentrated so a little goes a long way. It has the unique property of cleaning off accumulated varnish from internal engine parts as well as removing accumulated hard carbon from injector pintles.

 

[5030]

One aspect I've never been fond of is how close Fords places the pedals to each other. I've heated the pedal stalks in the past and moved them farther apart some thing I really need to do on my Focus RS with 3 pedals smashed close together. Built for petite feet and my feet are big. You have all that space down there that they can use. I just don't get that rationale. I have to ask my BIL about that sometime, sure he has the answer.

 

[big bubba]

Not really, look up the properties of Nano Borate and then report back. It's all on the internet. I guess the uneducated could deem it snake oil, go educate yourself before passing judgement. Actually, Nano Borate is a finely ground borax derivative suspended in mineral oil and it's very concentrated so a little goes a long way. It has the unique property of cleaning off accumulated varnish from internal engine parts as well as removing accumulated hard carbon from injector pintles.

sounds reasonable to me...so the age old question stemming from the STP days: why isn't it included with most modern engine oils?

again, i have no way of knowing, but have done well through the years w/frequent name brand oil changes in different vehicle applications. best regards

 

[Hay Dude]

You are talking about two entirely different things. I would much rather be in an Oshkosh M985 than a Suburban or a F350 in an accident. They are vastly different vehicles so the comparison is as silly as a Suburban vs a smaller SUV.

Just like the fact you don't commute doesn't mean anything to people who do. Neither is wrong or better than the other, it is just different. Due to this, different people have different needs, it seems the Bronco Sport fits his needs and that is great. He bought a vehicle that he likes, works perfectly for him, and is a solid choice. Just because it doesn't fit your uses doesn't make it a horrible choice.

Correct

Also if you look into it a bit more.

Suburban for 2024
The NHTSA tested two variants of the Chevy Suburban for its standard tests: the two-wheel and four-wheel drive variants. Both variants were rated four out of five stars. Regarding the frontal crash tests by the NHTSA, the overall rating is four out of five stars.


The Bronco Sport
"Safety ratings are excellent, with the government (NHTSA) giving it a perfect five stars for overall, frontal and side crash protection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named the 2023 Bronco Sport a Top Safety Pick+ for its best-possible performance in all crash tests and for its crash-prevention tech."

If you want to understand vehicle accidents take a look at two similar-sized vehicles one with Unibody and one full frame. You will learn the Unibody normally keeps the occupants safer in an accident. They have crumple zones designed to absorb the energy from a collision where a framed vehicle often transfers it to the occupants. See the study below:

"Crash fatality risk and unibody versus body-on-frame structure in SUVs​

Eric M Ossiander 1, Thomas D Koepsell 2, Barbara McKnight 3
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• PMID: 24821629
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.03.019

Abstract​

Background: In crashes between cars and SUVs, car occupants are more likely to be killed than if they crashed with another car. An increasing proportion of SUVs are built with unibody, rather than truck-like body-on-frame construction. Unibody SUVs are generally lighter, less stiff, and less likely to roll over than body-on-frame SUVs, but whether unibody structure affects risk of death in crashes is unknown.
Objective: To determine whether unibody SUVs differ from body-on-frame SUVs in the danger they pose to occupants of other vehicles and in the self-protection they offer to their own occupants.
Methods: Case-control study of crashes between one compact SUV and one other passenger vehicle in the US during 1995-2008, in which the SUV was model year 1996-2006. Cases were all decedents in fatal crashes, one control was selected from each non-fatal crash.
Findings: Occupants of passenger vehicles that crashed with compact unibody SUVs were at 18% lower risk of death compared to those that crashed with compact body-on-frame SUVs (adjusted odds ratio 0.82 (95% confidence interval 0.73-0.94)). Occupants of compact unibody SUVs were also at lower risk of death compared to occupants of body-on-frame SUVs (0.86 (0.72-1.02)).
Conclusions: In two-vehicle collisions involving compact SUVs, unibody structure was associated with lower risk of death both in occupants of other vehicles in the crash, and in SUVs' own occupants."

There are people in the world that think everything they own is amazing, and everything else is JUNK. Best to avoid those idiots just looking for a fight all day long.

I would never own a Bronco Sport, but my daughter likes them. She might buy one or a Jeep.

 

[5030]

sounds reasonable to me...so the age old question stemming from the STP days: why isn't it included with most modern engine oils?

again, i have no way of knowing, but have done well through the years w/frequent name brand oil changes in different vehicle applications. best regards

I have not a clue other than it's expensive to buy and one refiner has the patent on the solution and make s alot of jack on it. One pint of it is around 45 bucks retail. I buy it in pint bottles and I add 1 ounce per gallon of motor oil. I usually buy 3 pints at a time as that is enough to do all the vehicles. I know it works too. Last time I had my Kubota tech run the overheads on my M9's (they get a real steady diet of 5-40 Rotella T6) and he pulled the valve covers, there was NO varnish on the head and no sludge build up either, in fact they looked factory new and clean, same with the valve cover inside, nothing and remember they have 4000 and 6000+ meter hours on them working hard too. He wiped out the valve cover with a paper towel, put on a new valve cover gasket (after he adjusted the overhead and buttoned them up) and of course wanted a bottle for himself and I complied for the first one at least. Gave him the refiners name and web address. It's a very popular additive, only one I ever use actually. If you ever watch 'I do engines' on you tube, you can see the varnish buildup (and sludge) modern high compression engines produce. Every one he tears apart is a mess. With Nano Borate there is nothing at all. Even Blackstone Labs (who does my oil analysis is impressed with it), they wanted to know what the 'mystery additive' I was using was so I told them, hell, they probably use it in their own engines too.

I'm not a snake oil person, never have been but this stuff works as advertised so I use it with every oil change. The claim it gives better fuel mileage as well but I never checked that. To me, snake oil is STP or Howes or Motor medic or any of that pour in cure stuff. Don't need any cure just want to keep the deposits inside at a minimum, especially in the tractors. Only other thing I use is the SeaFoam GDI top end engine cleaner and it does keep the intake tract on my Ford Focus RS turbo clean but you have to be careful to spray the contents of the can post MAF sensor or you'll be putting in a new one as it will destroy a MAF sensor. Certainly cheaper than pulling the head and blasting it with walnut shells. How I do it, snake oil if you want to call it that. I don't.

 

[5030]

There are people in the world that think everything they own is amazing, and everything else is JUNK.

I would never own aBronco Sport, but my daughter likes them.

If you are referring to me, I don't think they are junk but I'd never own one when I can purchase a Ford Escape AWD for less and have the same exact underpinnings and almost the same interior.

I don't need the upscale look at all, never impressed me.

 

[ArlyA]

Stick on window vents got installed today. We like these for dog venting.

 

[DarkBlack]

Never follow the recommended oil change intervals with a turbo motor.

Change it at 4k miles, max.

Why’s that?

 

[Snobdds]

Why’s that?

Oil breakdown due to heat

Turbo motors have intense localized heat in the turbo that breaks down the shear resistance in the oil...

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/do-turbos-damage-oil.189319/

 

[DarkBlack]

I imagine the company that designed and made the engine must be aware of that