I am not an advocate of water in fuel but I do recall seeing mechanics working on the Alaska Pipeline Project in the mid 1970's pouring water down the carb with the throttle open about half way to keep from stalling, to loosen up the carbon build up on the pistons. They were running very low octane from the Prudoe Bay refinery and after a while the gassers just wouldn't run. The black smoke would pour out and then the engines would run like a new one.

 

I did that many years ago on carbed motors at just above idle running free but in this case the motor is running up in rpm with the weight of the truck behind it.
If a cylinder get's hydro locked under these conditions it will blow the motor apart.
It has already happened to NA 4.6/5.4 motors under normal running conditions from head gasket blow ins.
Broken pistons, bent rods etc.
Good luck.

 

Call the customer service 1-800 number in the owner's manual. Tell them you've been getting the run-around, and maybe MAYBE they will do something about it.

In the meantime, definitely talk to another dealer.

Wasn't there a known issue (TSB) with the F150 ecoboost, that water would get into the intercooler and cause exactly this problem?

 

Art, buddy, are you feeling okay today? Maybe you need to sit back and drink a beer or something. The most recent post in this thread was two years ago . . .
This guy has either long since fixed his problem or is driving a fiat by now.

 

LOL, don't know how I wound up with this thread, I think someone reported a post - 2 years later. Oh well, duh

 

It's okay buddy, you know, they say the mind is the first to go . . .

 

. My thoughts, almost exactly, a screen-protected SUMP on the bottom of the intercooler and a float on a needle valve to purge any significant amount of water collected from condensation... just concerned about it freezing in winter...

 

Even being old, its an intersting thread. Maybe ford should've gone the route they did with the new powerstrokes. Water cooled airboxes. Or just supercharge the 5.0 and forget all that mumbo jumbo. Seems auto industries never learn from past mistakes. LOL
Ford was dealing with 6.0's issues while working on EB's? Engineers were spread too thin!! Its funny about how one bank of an engine seems to have all the problems. I was talking to the head mechanic at Roadway one day, about 15 years ago. They were running c-series fords for in town peddle runs. All had either cat 3208's or 8.2 detroits. They all had turbos. The detroits regularly blew the head gaskets on the right bank, never the left. Just weird about the left hand cats on the EB's. Must be a flow design.;

 

Just had this issue pop me this morning. Sorry to revive an old thread but I'm trying to figure out what to do. Apparently I had enough water in the intercooler that when I went from cruise control @ 65 to pass a car, it sucked the water and hydrolocked and blew a piston on the driver's side and slung the rod through the side of the block. 2013 F-150 EB with 55,000 miles is toast. I've always ran premium fuel for every fill up and have been religious with maintenance. How has warranty been in regards to major failures like these?

 

I would get a statement from the Ford mechanic or service manager and then contact the Ford district manager. There may already be a BBB hot line for that problem.

 

Shouldn't the power train warranty cover that? He's inside the 60 month 60,000 mile window.

 

And I have all my paperwork for my extended 100K mile warranty. My thoughts are that a new long block with new turbos and everything should be installed but I was curious if people are actually getting that done without having to fight tooth and nail for it.

 

Make damn sure they replace the turbos, a little trash in the bearings and they are expensive scrap!

 

I don't have a dog in this hunt but what about the lemon law would this apply?

 

Let us know how the warranty works fou you. Sounds like it should be covered.