Keith Browning Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 So now I have come across a few of these now. The "cold" side plastic CAC tube splitting and blowing apart at the throttle body connection. Anybody else see this at all? If you look at the tube closely it almost looks like a really crappy mold that was cobbled together or even pieces that were fused together. I cant figure out if this is being caused by excessive heat from EGR gasses blowing back (which I doubt) or if the part is just poorly made. I say I doubt EGR is the issue as any other time I remove this tube there is no carbon in the tube. Tubes that come apart have low or no boost and the EGR gasses in the intake have no resistance and will blow out the intake or the broken tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I have only seen this on heavy trucks that tow a lot, most of my 550 customers have been thru several of these tubes. I think inferior design plays a part along with sustained high boost levels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Now that you mention it Matt all these have been F450/F550 trucks so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I've never seen them crack there, but I have seen one or two that had the bellows swelled and were split there. And I checked the ebp sensor and the turbo for sticking on each of them and didn't find anything. I think they were 450/550 flat beds or utility boxes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 I have seen 2 so far. One was an F-450 tow truck, and the other was an F-350 service body truck. The 450 just needed a tube, the 350 however, was intermittently shifting from 2nd back to 1st under hard accel instead of 3rd. I wonder if it could have caused issues with the cac tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockymtn003 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Two of the fleets I work with have had only 2 trucks out of 48 and they repeat now 3 times. Dealer has involved a FORD FSE on one but have not seen any changes in part yet. Just directed to replace it and move on. The Driver is keeping a spare in the back, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 If you guys haven't noticed this part is still a direct ship from the manufacturer which means they must have a BUNCH of these things laying around(the box is even tagged "scorpion" which I rarely hear used anymore). They're not available in any warehouses and it typically took us 3 days to get one. Unacceptable after I had changed 4-5 so I confronted my service manager and we charged one to shop so I could have one "in-stock" to rotate out when we had to get a customer back on the road. This was one of the things that pushed me over the edge with our parts dept. No local dealers have one in stock so we must not need one either. Bull. Since then we have had a few changes with the way parts are stocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 have not had a problem in our fleet yet. Ill have to keep an eye out tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leavnon3rd Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 done 5 or 6 all on f550 rescue trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Guess who's parts guy is selling these like hotcakes because no one else in the area stocks one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Better hope you still have one when you need it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I have the one that I stock in my own personal parts dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmantech Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 F-550 just towed in with a blown tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybullitt Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I have a f550 just come in with tube blown apart was just replaced under 5k ago. I am going to put tube on reprogram run a regen and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybullitt Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I replaced the cold cac tube reprogramed to latest level ran manual regen. Test drove makes 28 psi boost all pids look normal. I dont see a reason this destroyed a cac tube that fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Saunoras Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I had one that wound up being a shorted out throttle plate wire. It was coding for it intermittently though . That was kind of an unusual situation though, harness was smashed by a V-MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 http://hs-motorsports.com/misc-products/11-14-ford-6-7l-intercooler-upgrade-kit-oem.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 This kit allows you to replace the factory plastic (yes, plastic) intercooler pipe with a high quality bead-rolled stainless steel pipe. That is pretty funny BUT it's $369! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 isnt that the same company that recently got Pee-Pee spanked by EPA for selling deletes and programmers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 One of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanG Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I've had a few as well. Had to replace a couple of particulate filters due drivers not stopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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