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Dec 31, 2011 | 06:16 PM

RM2738

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CAC pipe residue...

Noticed this oily, sooty residue after leaning up against to check trans fluid. It must be leaking from the boot or something. Not sure.

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Dec 31, 2011 | 06:25 PM

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From: Frederick, MD

behind that on the fins...mine has built up there on occasion and I wash it down...maybe twice since I have owned the truck.

Just clean it so it does not transfer to your clothes.

If the boot were to be truly leaking it would come off during high boost situations...that is my belief

Dec 31, 2011 | 06:33 PM

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Once again thanks Scott. Always so quick to respond. Rep to you as soon as I pass it around to a few others.

Dec 31, 2011 | 06:35 PM

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that is all my opinion...does not make it right though

Dec 31, 2011 | 07:59 PM

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I've got the exact same. I pointed it out to the service adviser and he said it was 'normal'. He also said it shows up at the other end of the CAC pipe up near the EGR valve.

Jan 1, 2012 | 03:24 PM

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Have either of you guys changed the CCV on your truck? From what I've read, that's actually oil seeping out of the system. In time the oil could potentially breakdown the boot.

Jan 1, 2012 | 03:29 PM

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its on my list to do.......

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Jan 1, 2012 | 03:46 PM

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I'm trying to figure out which route I want to go with it. I'm temped to just dump it to the rear and cap the intake side. The there's the potential for dripping on my driveway. So I'll be needing a catch can, but if I do the catch can, I should just filter it and route it back to the intake in case Ford fusses over it. But then there's the chance than the filter may not "Catch" all the oil and I'm not really accomplishing what it's intended to do.

Here's the oil in my CCV tube.

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So all that is being blown into my turbo and through the IC. Just being baked on and I'm sure getting ready to wreak havoc throughout my engine. (I just visualized an idea for an Allstate commercial with the dude dressed up as oil F***ing up my turbos).

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Jan 1, 2012 | 04:56 PM

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I would just vent it to atmosphere, its not going to drip that much, you will probably never notice it. I'm venting to atmosphere....

Jan 1, 2012 | 05:49 PM

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I think to atmosphere is best bet too. I put in afe cai yesterday and there really wasnt any oil in my ccv, or boot at turbo.

Jan 1, 2012 | 06:25 PM

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I think to atmosphere is best bet too. I put in afe cai yesterday and there really wasnt any oil in my ccv, or boot at turbo.

Have you modified your CCV?

Jan 1, 2012 | 06:34 PM

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I will have to pull mine to see how much I have...don't think too much though as I have had my air box off before I shined a light thru the tubing and it was dry.

Jan 1, 2012 | 07:08 PM

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I will have to pull mine to see how much I have...don't think too much though as I have had my air box off before I shined a light thru the tubing and it was dry.

When I looked into the tube, it looked pretty normal as if it was just a new pipe unexposed to the elements. Then when I stuck my finger in, that's what came out. It was pretty localized in the bend in the tube. Not too much near the intake side, but enough to suggest oil is entering into the intake system.