Finally towed with the new F150!

MitchF150 wrote:

wwest wrote:

Once you get to the point of experiencing misfires due to CAC condensation/emulsion build-up look me up.

Ford's been trying to find a solution, fix, for at least 3-4 years, now on their what, 5th effort/trial?

Drill a hole.....

Thanks wwest, I've been reading up on this issue and finding a lot of info on it on an F150ecoboost forum I just recently joined..

When I bought my 97 F150 and started doing this "interweb stuff" I was scared to death that I just sunk a butt load of $$ into a POS truck from what I was reading on it... ;)

After some 255,000 miles with it, I got lucky I guess.. I've got even more of a butt load of $$ in the 13 Eco so I'm doing my homework and finding out what I can and going to decide from there what the next step is.. That "RX CAN" mod seems to be what resolves the condensation issue so that will probably be what I look into first if I experience the issue..

All I can say is that on my first real 'tow test' with MY F150, I didn't have that issue and I was into the turbos on those passes to Wenatchee a lot.. (I took the scenic route thru Quincy just because I like it. But, I'll probably take 97 out of Cle Elem just because it has more grades next time! :)

I'll post up some "information center" pics that I took coming home today a bit later, as I've got to find them on the camera! ;)

Mitch

Being "ON BOOST" often enough prevents the build up of enough condensation to "choke" the engine.

Was in Chelan Friday, drove back Sat. Stevens Pass.....

I my personal opinion those catch cans are nothing more than SNAKE OIL.

The only way I can figure that PCV blow-by has a play in this is via helping to create a high viscosity emulsion, 95% condensate and 5% blow-by engine oil, fuel contaminants, etc. Condensate, water, alone would more easily "wash" into the intake, whereas an emulsion with higher viscosity would have a greater tendancy to accumulate until a really serious level of BOOST is used.

I've been banned from both F-150 forums, F150forum.com for being to "techie"(***), F150ecoboost.com for denigrating a sponsor's product, the RX catch can.

*** I was the first to suggest drilling a hole but made the design to elaborate for the rednecks to understand. Funny thing is the idea of drilling a hole in the bottom of the CAC end cap has now been adopted, seemingly successfully so, by quite a few posters.

My design used a automotive engine vacuum hose to pipe the condensate into the intake manifold. An in line orifice/aperture to restrict the bypass "air" flow below the hot engine idle level, and a lawn tractor fuel filter upstream of the aperture to prevent clogging of the aperture.