I'm closing in on 50 years playing with carbs, Bosch mechanical fuel injection and current DI and port injection systems (in fact, this afternoon I have to go clear a stuck float valve on a BMW motorcycle carburetor). We currently have an F150 and a Mustang with dual DI/PI systems, and we keep...
That's news to me -- where did you get that info? (not a challenge, genuinely interested).
Our 2018 F-150 3.5 (10/17 build) has the plastic pan, as does our 2019 Coyote Mustang.
It's the future. Our 2018 F0159 3.5 EB and 2019 Mustang 5.0 both have them.
The new oil drain plug design is, IMO, better than a bolt threaded into a thin section oil pan bung. The only downside is you have to be ready to control the initial flow out of the pan as you withdraw the plug. If...