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Agree, it’s freaking insanity!!

Maybe throw a obd2 scanner on it and see what oil pressure looks Ike at start up and idle. Would be good to see what going bad looks like and compare to what a good truck looks like. Maybe there is a correlation.

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Thanks for the PDF, that’s an interesting design. I dont think this addresses my concerns though. What I posted is about oil pressure drop due to oil passage clearances being on the high end of spec. Car could be thinking it’s providing X oil pressure but the reality is that it’s not. I can...

I wouldn’t normally think about running something other than manufacture recommendations. But in this situation, what’s the worst outcome? Cam phaser and an engine replacement. Just did that on 5-30.

Noooo waaaayyy!!! Haha never mind than. I got the raptor for mid 80s it still hurt to pull that trigger but damn it’s sweet. I put my theory on the general form. I’d love people to comment. Especially around the engine weight. It’s sort of backwards with the heavy weight oil as it...

So the 3.0 and 2.7 use the same block, same phasers and MAYBE the same bearings. I’d be real curious where you engine oil pressure is on start and at idle. If I’m right, you will see a drop in pressures prior to failure. Bearing wear naturally with mileage. It could be as small as .001 that...

Yeah I don’t want to cause an issue but here is my understanding of engine oil. 5w30 and 10w30 are both 30 weight oils and the exact same thickness in your engine when it is at operating temperature. The 5w30 is better because it thickens less when cool or cold My thought is the thicker oil...

So my brand new bronco raptor has phaser issues at 2400 miles. The engine is now being replaced due to improper installation and valve / head damage. I’ve been reading posts and racking my brain on how this can happen and here is my thoughts. By the way I’m not a mechanic. Just a car...

Hey, I think you are on the right track here. I have a 23 braptor that cam phasers failed on at 2400 miles. Yeah brand new bronco raptor. I’m not a mechanic but I do know a lot about high performance engines and oil passages. What I noticed on this engine day one is the oil pressure was never...

This is freaking sweet. I read some comments about fixing a problem that didn’t exist and I couldn’t disagree more. Pulling out a 4 way air hose sucks. Having air at each tire is freaking dope!!

Update time. Car was repaired. We went to pick it up, after test drive the engine started knocking. Now Ford is saying that it’s something in the head. By the way this is a brand new 2023 bronco raptor that I got with 40 miles on it. It’s been at the dealer for 16 days already. Sucks…

Okay I think it got it. So the big benefits are really added shock to the front and beefy front components. It does not give you any additional suspension travel because the factory shock is still used. With that said the computer still controls the stock fox shocks. Did I get that right?

These are good question. I’d just add that more detail around what exactly this adds to the raptor in terms of performance. Also wondering if these work with different springs like the ones from Eibach.

Do you lose the ability to control the suspension from the inside of the braptor?

Thank you, I will show this to my service person. Hopefully it will prevent this “I’ve never seen this on a 3.0 argument”.

I could see why this is controversial. I can’t help but wonder if they ship these things with the wrong weight oil or if it’s just bad oil. If additives fix it, seems like a weight issue. I’m not a scientist, I just play one on tv. Haha for real though, I am debating trying this. Pulling a...

Dang!! That’s what I’m afraid of. Big job, they go pretty deep in that motor. Oh well guess it’s part of owning one.

Yup, mine is on cold starts as well. How long did the fix take and did you have any issues after?

Thanks. I’ll post the results