Ecoboost condensate catch can, post your results here
04-12-2014, 02:41 PM
#181
Never had warranty denied in over 12 years and over 14,5000 in use, and recently 2 owners the can helped the Ford dealer diagnose fuel ingestion issues.
Best way is to remove your CAC and see if it is full of oil/etc. Not hard to do. Even 2014's still appear to have all the issues.
Best way is to remove your CAC and see if it is full of oil/etc. Not hard to do. Even 2014's still appear to have all the issues.
10-30-2014, 10:20 PM
#183
I got about 200 CC's /1/2 pint after a day of driving in the rain with the can hooked up to only the clean air side between the valve cover and the turbo intake. Makes one a believer in the oil and watery/solvent like solution. It separates after sitting over night and readily with a swirl of the glass emulsifies again into a solution.
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11-02-2014, 11:48 PM
#184
I am beginning to think about what is in the glass. The synthetic oil is produced from Ethylene gas, comes from Natural Gas and is clear by using GTL technology ( gas to liquids). The additive package gives the oil its color. The byproducts of combustion being mostly vapor may separate out the additive package leaving the clear to collect in the CAC which, while in the glass will readily remix with a couple swirls of the glass ? I believe that is what you see in the bottom of the glass; the condensate is a watery/Solvent base stock synthetic with the additive package floating around on top; swirl the glass and it mixes right back up but settles back out again in a few hours.
It underwent a chemical change.
It underwent a chemical change.
Last edited by papa tiger; 11-03-2014 at 12:02 AM.
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11-27-2014, 06:31 PM
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This looks like bs. In Colorado we don't deal with sob zero too terribly often just once in a while.well get that kind of cold but I usu don't go out in it. Plus it's sits in the garage all day anyway. Recently however, we took a trip to Wisconsin where the temps were that low and the truck was outside the whole time and the fuel economy dropped from better than 20mpg to less than 16 mpg. Please advise
11-27-2014, 07:25 PM
#188
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Ford made 8.6 Billion in pre-tax profit in 2013. So there's a known design flaw in the 3.5 Ecoboost PCV system and the bean counters at Ford dictated shortcuts to save a few more bucks?
[QUOTE=Tuner Boost;3419965]Lots to digest. Yes,the flaw in the PCV system design on the 3.5 EB causes these issues, and the fix is easy. The 5.0 has a properly designed and functioning PCV system so only oil ingestion issues to prevent.
The 3.5 EB is an awesome engine in every other way, and the engineers get no blame IMHO for the PCV system, that was budget/accounting/and management short cuts I believe.
[QUOTE=Tuner Boost;3419965]Lots to digest. Yes,the flaw in the PCV system design on the 3.5 EB causes these issues, and the fix is easy. The 5.0 has a properly designed and functioning PCV system so only oil ingestion issues to prevent.
The 3.5 EB is an awesome engine in every other way, and the engineers get no blame IMHO for the PCV system, that was budget/accounting/and management short cuts I believe.
11-28-2014, 10:01 AM
#189
A fresh air tube to the engine separate from the clean air side would have given the motor a fresh air supply when under boost. Instead a high concentrate vapor/blow by is coming from the block thru the fresh air tube into the driver side turbo and CAC. It is perty much the same smoking/dribble that dripped off the down tube on old 50/60 motors before PCV. U could see it as the cars motor sat there in the front of the house idling.
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11-30-2014, 07:01 PM
#190
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