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During the Black Friday sale I bought a Mishimoto cold side air to water intercooler kit. I had planned to hang onto it and install if needed but as a former 2005 6.0L owner who heard several loud booms as my intercooler blew a hole in the plastic and later as I was looking for a better pipe, several pipes blew off until I found a fellow who made braces to hold the pipe in place. So I now wonder if the plastic Ford decided to use instead of the solid metal connection actually breaks often or is it far and few between. I have 36k miles most of it towing and would like to keep it on the road opposed to off to the side. How often do people see this plastic part blow like the old pipes. The downside is I don’t want to make a change and create a problem. The dilemma.
I installed the H&S Motorsports pipe before I had any problems. I’ve towed to Florida and Alaska. Didn’t want any problems on the side of the road. Next trip is California to the New England area and down the East Coast.
Mine blew in my 2012. Scared the **** out of me. Replaced with an H&S. Probably should replace the current but I’m not sure the answer to your question whether ford addressed this or not.
I'm curious about this as well. I've heard of some failures on the 2011-2016 models, but Ford seems to have a new part for the 2017+ trucks so I am curious if it has been improved or not. I have 20k miles on my 2017 and I willing to do the upgrade if the part is still a known failure point.
My 05 blew every time I hit 21psi right where the plastic goes in to the rubber boot. No matter how tight, how far together, it would blow. I kept getting told it was because I didn't do it right because I am female. Well 3 guys "fixed" it and still blew. My truck is not secret. We have no problem now with the metal pipe and new boots.
