Ecoboost condensate drain hole, post your results here
12-26-2014, 06:25 PM
#1271
King Hater
Hole is drilled. As soon as the bit made it through, it started to weep some oily goo. I started the motor and let it run for a few mins. Just a little more started to show. Ill recheck it after I drive it some more.
12-27-2014, 02:44 PM
#1272
King Hater
Just from sitting overnight.
12-27-2014, 05:18 PM
#1274
King Hater
12-27-2014, 05:32 PM
#1275
Odd. A few months back when I was at ~15000 miles I decided to drill mine. No drips at all. Bone dry and still no oily dropping months later.
About a year ago I removed the CAC and it was dry then too. Yet I have experienced the dreaded limp mode after driving in the rain once a few months after I bought it(before drilling the hole ). Never since. So if mine has no oil in it, but it has experienced the limp mode problem I think it is pretty good evidence that the two are not necessarily related.
I'm still not convinced the hole is a solution, but I drilled it anyway.
About a year ago I removed the CAC and it was dry then too. Yet I have experienced the dreaded limp mode after driving in the rain once a few months after I bought it(before drilling the hole ). Never since. So if mine has no oil in it, but it has experienced the limp mode problem I think it is pretty good evidence that the two are not necessarily related.
I'm still not convinced the hole is a solution, but I drilled it anyway.
12-27-2014, 05:58 PM
#1276
King Hater
No clue?
I experienced the dreaded power loss while driving home this fall. I had the current tsb done but decided to drill as an extra measure. I still need to remove the blocker plate.
I bet that is a tea spoon or less of gunk.
I experienced the dreaded power loss while driving home this fall. I had the current tsb done but decided to drill as an extra measure. I still need to remove the blocker plate.
I bet that is a tea spoon or less of gunk.
12-27-2014, 06:15 PM
#1277
King Hater
Scratch that, i just removed the blocker plate. It was already coming loose anyway.....
12-27-2014, 06:17 PM
#1278
Senior Member
It's been theorized that in addition to accumulation in the CAC water droplets also accumulate on the fins of the CAC. These droplets are what cause the limp mode problem, not so much the accumulation in the bottom. Droplets are clinging to the fins, you accelerate briskly, boost comes in and sweeps all the droplets into the engine and bad stuff happens.
The hole will help to provide an evacuation route for any water accumulated. Which is why when driving in the rain continuously or in high humidity I will occasionally get into boost just to keep things clear.
I have never had the misfire. 2011 with original CAC, no TSB's done to mine.
The hole will help to provide an evacuation route for any water accumulated. Which is why when driving in the rain continuously or in high humidity I will occasionally get into boost just to keep things clear.
I have never had the misfire. 2011 with original CAC, no TSB's done to mine.
12-27-2014, 08:27 PM
#1279
Combustion vapor in the engine block are concentrated due to poor PCV operation and are evacuated into the driver side turbo and condense into a milk shake like bubbly mix of oil, combustion by products and water united with oil. Chemists have proven water and oil unite when water vapor comes into contact with synthetic oil vapor. Concentrating on water is not what is really happening and creates all the denial about the existance of the unburnable glop that finds its way to the cylinder.
Last edited by papa tiger; 12-27-2014 at 08:42 PM.
12-29-2014, 10:15 AM
#1280
Senior Member
Combustion vapor in the engine block are concentrated due to poor PCV operation and are evacuated into the driver side turbo and condense into a milk shake like bubbly mix of oil, combustion by products and water united with oil. Chemists have proven water and oil unite when water vapor comes into contact with synthetic oil vapor. Concentrating on water is not what is really happening and creates all the denial about the existance of the unburnable glop that finds its way to the cylinder.