colevig

Orileys has dorman vcts about 130 each Amazon has ford ones for 40 each. Which one do I need? I would assume the ford ones are updated and are cheaper for my wallet. Also do I need anything other than the solenoids? Caps gaskets ect? It's an 05 so I can get them without removing my valve covers thanks

lewissa81

Get the Motorcraft ones. You'll need to replace the gasket also. Make sure you get the latest revision of the VCT'S.

colevig

What is the difference? And orileys doesn't have motorcraft ones

colevig

What are the gaskets for?

lewissa81

I honestly don't know the mechanical differences between the two, but if the Dorman's are more than 3x more expensive, I'd stick with Motorcraft. Even the dealerships around here charge about $60 each for them. You'll have to remove the gasket to change them. When you remove them, most of the time they get destroyed. They're in there pretty tight. There are a few people on ebay that sell two VCT'S with two gaskets. Like this:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/161299660670

06_F150

The latest motorcraft version has a check valve and a smaller drain exit. Search on here and you should be able to find a thread that shows pics of the differences and peoples results from switching to the new design. The majority experienced a reduction in noise if I remember correctly.