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Old 12-25-2014, 06:07 PM
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Default 2015 3.5L Ecoboost intercooler

I've tried to find this through search, but does anyone have pictures of the "revised" intercooler on the 3.5 ecoboost? Any other information or thoughts out there on what they've done to mitigate the condensation issue?
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bump, anyone?
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I'm also curious
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I'm not aware of anything other than active grill shutters that may stop the ingestion of moisture in the first place.
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Great question. Would also like to see any pics!
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Removing the oil/combustion vapors leaves little for the vapor in the air to condense to so a lot of it will simply pass on into the motor without fully condensing. Chemists have proven that water vapor will seek an attachment with synthetic oil vapors when there is little else in the air. Thus the snot you see draining out of the drill hole when there is oil/combustion byproducts present.
Getting over the idea that water is the culprit and going on with the fact that it is Oil vapor that brings about the problems is fact that can't be disproved only removed.
Dealing with the combustion by products from the engine crankcase and not sending them thru the turbos simply presents a problem and OEM's don't have to solve it. No one makes them fix it. It doesn't exist says the Fed so there you have it. A cover up. No amount of argument at a non political level has a change in operation.
Thus the chocolate malt like material trapped in a good working can connected to the crankcase side remains just what it is and will settle out into different levels while easily remixing with just a swirl. There is no amount of argument that can disprove this fact. Self enlightenment comes from experience. It's the glob of snot not water droplets of minute size that normally form passing thru the CAC and extremely high speeds. The air time of travel thru the entire intake system is micro seconds in intervals.

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Originally Posted by papa tiger
Removing the oil/combustion vapors leaves little for the vapor in the air to condense to so a lot of it will simply pass on into the motor without fully condensing. Chemists have proven that water vapor will seek an attachment with synthetic oil vapors when there is little else in the air. Thus the snot you see draining out of the drill hole when there is oil/combustion byproducts present.
Getting over the idea that water is the culprit and going on with the fact that it is Oil vapor that brings about the problems is fact that can't be disproved only removed.
Dealing with the combustion by products from the engine crankcase and not sending them thru the turbos simply presents a problem and OEM's don't have to solve it. No one makes them fix it. It doesn't exist says the Fed so there you have it. A cover up. No amount of argument at a non political level has a change in operation.
This will be my first gas/turbo engine and I(like many) am at a loss as to how big this "problem" is. Seems like Ford could drill a hole and help/solve problem? Not trying to make this post in wrong forum.
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Many swear they have no problem. Drilling that hole is the first step in protection of the motor from breakage or misses especially if you do a lot of cruise control steady state driving. If you drive pedal to the metal it seems less of a situation but still ? Look at race set ups and you see equipment added to deal with it. It is a great truck and left up to owners ?

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Curious to see as well...
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You can't drill a hole in the air to air or you would have no turbo pressure/boost.
The air to air is pressurized. No turbo pressure=no power. Dead horse.


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