F250 Catalytic Failure
I have a 2010 F250 with the 5.4. My passenger side catalytic converter failed during a recent trip. Took to dealer thinking it was covered under the 8yr/80000 mile emissions warranty my mileage was ...
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Not an F250, but my 97 F150 5.4 had a cat fail on the drivers side...there's four on the 97, an upper and a lower on each side...the upper failed, came apart, and completly plugged up the lower cat. Blew the DPEF sensor hoses off the sensor there was so much pressure. Had 150k miles on the truck...no warrenty for me.
Had to cut a relief cut in the exhaust to get the truck to a shop.
Anyway, the truck was worth 3k and I wasnt about to spend 1k on a Motocraft catalyst.... Went to Napa and they installed one large Cat in place of the two smaller ones, they also replaced the O2 sensor and I went along my Merry way.
No CEL's or any problems from the Napa Cat.
I don't think that 5.4's fail at an alarming rate, mine had 150k miles on them. I think my root cause was a fouled plug on the drivers side bank and raw fuel being dumped on the cat, but I'm not 100% sure.
Glad you have got it fixed though!
Thanks!
Jeremiah
Had to cut a relief cut in the exhaust to get the truck to a shop.
Anyway, the truck was worth 3k and I wasnt about to spend 1k on a Motocraft catalyst.... Went to Napa and they installed one large Cat in place of the two smaller ones, they also replaced the O2 sensor and I went along my Merry way.
No CEL's or any problems from the Napa Cat.
I don't think that 5.4's fail at an alarming rate, mine had 150k miles on them. I think my root cause was a fouled plug on the drivers side bank and raw fuel being dumped on the cat, but I'm not 100% sure.
Glad you have got it fixed though!
Thanks!
Jeremiah
