'05 F-150

here you go guys check this out all it took was 32 complaints and the NHTSA opened an investigation

http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2011/0...sion-problems/

and its a *****ing Chinese tranny, man you guys have over 140 pages on this problem
surely they can get Ford off there ***** good luck gents

acdii

Reading that, maybe you guys who have had it fall flat on its face wasn't an engine problem, but the transmission binding. It would show the same exact problem!

Install a petcock on your IC, and open it up after a long trip to see if there actually is water coming out. It's one thing to speculate, and another to know for sure.

canon_mutant

Nope this is the exact same feeling as if the engine just ran out of gas.

Just a complete misfire. And since it's only happened [to me anyway] driving in rain or driving in just high humidity and going from warmer to colder temperature ~ condensation makes sense. That and they've got OASIS 22225.

Installing a petcock will likely void your warranty unfortunately. I'd like to do it though.

acdii

One of those poppet valves that release air and water on the big rigs would do it too! LOL Get an electric one, push a button and PISSST, out blows the moisture.

benelli

You mean like this?
Didn't take any pics and not going to take things apart to do so. But, it's pretty easy. Once you take off enough stuff to get access to the intercooler/IC, you drill a hole in the bottom of one of the side tanks. You get a new petcock from the parts store and buy a nut that the petcock will thread into. You then mix up a batch of two part epoxy (JB Weld) and glue the nut over the hole. I drilled 4 or 5 small holes around the large hole to force the epoxy into for a more secure bond. When it's all set up good and hard, you thread in the petcock and viola you now have a drain for the IC.
The reason you use a nut to thread the petcock into is two fold. First, to thread the tank and just screw it in there isn't a good idea. It's two thin and you wouldn't want a blowout under turbo pressure. Second, if ya did decide to just screw it into the tank, the opening of the petcock would be pretty high above the bottom of the tank and you'd not get enough water out to accomplish your goal. The nut is actually a spacer to lower the opening of the petcock to drain as much water as possible.
Hope this helps.

BucketMan

If the petcock idea worked, someone needs to come up with a clean design and manufacture an aftermarket IC with that integrated into it..

Just look at how well the Roadmaster suspension kit group buy went. I spoke to a manager from there on the phone yesterday and he said they can barely keep the F-150 kits in stock.

Looks like the aftermarket could stand to really clean up fixing Fords poor engineering/research.

Well, thats one way to stimulate the economy.

Well done Ford.

maplelakeduckslayer

Drove through a thunderstorm yesterday with very heavy rain/hail. Temp dropped from 70 degrees to 58 degrees in a matter of minutes. I had on a large load so I did not stomp on it to see if it lost power, but the fuel mileage went down drastically, just like the last time I was towing in cool, damp conditions. Pulled over to try and stay out of the hail and the I/C was steaming pretty good. The other time I punched it and lost all power. Didn't want to do that this time with a 24' flatbed, four wheelers and a dirtbike on the way home from the cabin. It also seemed to downshift on small hills more often than prior to going through the storm. Still waiting.

Baja

I have the 2012 f-150 and i didnt notice the shudder at high speeds but rather when i take off from a stop and only when towing my boat with some gear in the back to the truck. im being told that i have to shim my drive line angle. anyone hear of this?

Tyssa'sRide

Do you have the 157" wheelbase?

AreL11

There is another thread for this. This isn't the place. Do a search for the take off shudder Thank you.