Had a big WTF moment today. I was accelerating up to speed to join the thruway after getting diesel (in the middle of nowhere NY state ). when there was a bang sound and the truck stumbled hard. I was at no more than 2500rpm maybe half throttle. Having owned turbo cars that liked to blow intercooler tubes apart this felt familiar. When I opened the hood the intercooler to TB pipe had had exploded. ( insert lots of profanity directed at my truck ) called AAA and waited for my flatbed. While I was waiting I started calling Ford dealers to see if anyone had the part out of 5 dealers in 50 miles one one did. It was a small town dealer only 20 miles from where I was stuck. The tow came and the driver had actually seen the same failure last summer but that truck was hauling 4 cars. The dealer was super helpful getting me in as soon as they could and just over 3 hours later I was back on my way. What a strange failure, but what are the odds my part fails near the only dealer that has the part? It might be worth looking at your pipe next time your hoods up, even though mine showed now obvious sign of fatigue.

Edit my truck is a 2011 350 with 82,000 miles on it.
Edit I can't seem to figure out how to upload a picture from my iPad.

 

Glad to hear you got all fixed up, Coop. It's actually not THAT uncommon a failure.

H&S offers a hard pipe upgrade:

http://hs-motorsports.com/misc-produ...e-kit-oem.html

Supposing if/when mine ever goes, I'll do that kit instead of going back with OEM

 

One of our med units at my part time job did the same thing at the connection of the plastic intake tube and the IC. I believe one of the aftermarket diesel places has an awesome upgrade to eliminate this.

ON EDIT: Dang Chuck...that's what i was typing..you must type faster!!!!

 

Lol, Monty, I'm on my phone, and I'm a texting madman...ror

 

maryland performance diesel makes one fore like $125 also has anyone seen the new combo mishimoto offers? pretty cool looking

 

Just because I can :

Motorsports Intercooler Pipe Fix

Think that's the MPD one you're thinking of, tho it's $175

And here's Mishi's :

Ford 6.7L Powerstroke Cold-Side Intercooler Pipe and Boot Kit, 2011+, by Mishimoto

And the combo:

Ford 6.7L Powerstroke Intercooler Pipe and Boot Kit, 2011+, by Mishimoto

K happy clicking! back to work

 

lol @ because I can...
Both kits look pretty nice

 

Hmmm...some tax refund money might just be the ticket for one of these.

 

Thanks guys! We have seen a few pipe failures on these trucks popping up on the forums. Using plastic to contain hot, pressurized air can certainly cause fatigue. An aluminum replacement is a great upgrade for some added reliability.

Thanks!

 

Knowing how things are sometimes, how does this (changing to these non ford parts) affect the warranty? Or not. Obviously they are superior to stock but that doesn't always mean some of your more questionable dealers wouldn't use it for a reason to deny warranty

 

When ever using am parts you take that chance. If they don't affect anything the dealer should not deny warranty. Unfortunately some dealers look for excuses to do so.

 

Customer pay is always higher.

 

Thanks for the links guys, I'm going to order a better designed part when I get home next week.

 

Hmmmm......tax refund use... Sounds like the ticket to prevent a failure when least expected.

Would anyone benefit from the full Mishimoto combo kit at $600 vs the single replacement for the problem area? I am trying to justify the additional costs.

 

imo i don't think so.. the factory CAC doesn't have any weird bends that would cause airflow to not be smooth. just looks