EcoBoost problems on the Horizon...:?

boogie_4wheel wrote:

skipnchar wrote:
The "problem" is not new and it's so far anyway been only a tiny fraction of the total built.

Isn't the "problem" that condensation is forming in the intercooler, and as drivers accelerate the intake draws in a tiny bit of water and causes a misfire, and the ECM may panic and go to limp mode?! Yeah, this has been floating around on the internet for awhile.

Simple fix for this, don't short-cycle the engines. Just like when everyone says don't idle an engine during long term storage to 'circulate fluids', or don't drive diesels on short trips that don't get them up to operating temperature.

If the 3.5L Ecoboost was a non-IC design, there would be less (if any) places for water to accumulate and cause this issue. I'd bet money that skipnchar will never have this issue with his truck because he uses it to tow, gets it hot, and that will keep the water from accumulating.

I would also bet that this issue begins to appear on the 2.0L and other EB engines that have ICs that are operated in the same conditions as I've mentioned above.

With that said, the wife and I are still planning on purchasing a 2.0L Ecoboost equipped Ford Escape later this year to replace her '05 Escape 3.0L.

I don't completely understand the phenomena, but isn't this condensation formation issue caused by what's known as "venturi effect" in high humidity conditions, similar to what happens to a normally aspirated piston engine aircraft only ice forms in the aircraft engine's carburetor rather than liquid condensation? On an aircraft engine, there is a carburetor heat control that when activated, directs some engine exhaust into the intake air to heat it and prevent carburetor icing.

Just have to believe the fix shouldn't be elusive to Ford, since turbocharged engines have been around forever.................