Anyone here have an F150 with over 100,000 miles? Trying to figure out if I want to keep mine. I am at 80,000 now.
More like 1/32 and it's to let the water drain. The EB design is hyper efficient , condensation occurs inside the intercooler, but even with larger intercoolers (I had a Wagner on mine, one of the largest sold), you still have to drill the hole. The water would build up such that I couldn't tip in more than just part throttle or it would start sputtering. Dropped the intercooler (after installing the Wagner but before drilling the hole) and at least a 1/2 gallon of water poured out.It supposedly lets the oily condensation drain out of the intercooler, and it was a tiny hole, maybe 3/32. The majority of the aftermarket intercoolers for the Ecoboost have removable plugs, to drain the oily mess. Lots of people on Youtube and online forums suggesting the same.
The boost eats the spark plugs so you have to change them regularly or it acts like it does when it has water in the intercooler, sputters and won't build boost, because the boost is blowing out the spark, since the diode has eroded and the spark plug gap becomes too great for the spark to connect while under boost. I was experiencing the same drivability issues with worn out spark plugs as I had with water build up in the intercooler. Before I changed my spark plugs the last time before I sold it, I actually dropped the intercooler thinking that the hole had gotten plugged and it was full of water again. Bone dry. I changed the spark plugs and it was running like a beast again.I just bought an F150 EcoBoost.
For those with success - did you do anything special? One poster mentioned the catch can. How many have done that? I think its probably more rare than normal.
All of my work was on my 2013, they hadn't fixed it by 2013.I also drilled a hole in the intercooler of my 2011, 1/32 as I recall. Had plug and coil issues prior to. Drilled the hole. I heard that they had fixed this post 2012, but have no experience with it. The truck had a hard shift from 2 to 3 sometimes, but was running great when I traded it in at 205k. For what I got, I should have seen if it went 300... still miss that truck on occasion, it had some pep.
Someone who knows more correct me if I’m wrong here. From what I’ve read/watched the catch can is mainly to snatch the oil out of the evap recirculating system thing. Sucking that oily air back into the intake causes buildup on the back of the intake valves.I just bought an F150 EcoBoost.
For those with success - did you do anything special? One poster mentioned the catch can. How many have done that? I think its probably more rare than normal.
Barronj, my 2015 doesn’️t need the hole drilled?
Just bought the wife a 2019 Ford Explorer with the 3.5 and it will move on down the road!