Oil In The Intake Piping

[SoCalFlexin]

I have a 2012 EB flex with 28,000 miles on it, i have had a couple incidents when my car burned a good amount of oil out of the exhaust on acceleration, now its been a few weeks since and it hasn't happen again. I brought into the dealer and showed them a video of it smoking and of course they told me that they have to get it to reproduce the smoking, no such luck. now i have driven it 700 miles and no smoke. The only thing i found is a good amount of oil in the intake piping and the dealer told me that they compared my car to 3 other like vehicles and it was said to be normal to have oil in the intake piping.

Has anyone else noticed oil in their intake piping? could you check? your feedback would be greatly appreciated   

 

[SHOdded]

Oil may be misted on, but no way it should be pooling if the PCV system is working correctly.  You have had the valve covers updated though, right?

 

[SoCalFlexin]

Oil may be misted on, but no way it should be pooling if the PCV system is working correctly.  You have had the valve covers updated though, right?

Yes i had the valve cover changed and they added a oil separator, also last week when it was at the dealer they changed the PCV valve ,however they didn't tell me that it was malfunctioning. i will take a picture of what inside my intake pipes look like in a little bit and post it up here. I'm just trying get some real life comparison   

 

[ZSHO]

Check the hose and elbow from the front clean side seperator,going to the intake barb.

 

[66 Galaxie]

After you post pics I will take a look at mine tomorrow for comparison.

 

[SoCalFlexin]

The last pic is the inside of the pipe going to the throttle body


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[SoCalFlexin]

This is the pipe going to the rear turbo.

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[SHOnUup]

This is the pipe going to the rear turbo.

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This pipe right here looks like it's leaking to me. It has the oily build up around its seem. I actually zip tied the front wiring to it to gain length on the IAT1 sensor for the MDesign. That little bit of pressure caused it to start leaking, noticed by boost spikes on my gauge. When I checked it, the underside had a nice buildup. Let zip tie free and it is fine. Another reason pointing me to hard pipe this as that seem looks pretty weak IMO.

Rich

 

[14SHOCAR]

Not sure if this will help you, but I also had the same oil dripping in my 2014 SHO when I disconnected the charge pipe to change my rear plugs... I just chalked it up to being blow-by of some sort.

 

[ZSHO]

I would monitor it every oil change,a little bit of oil is normal and nothing to worry about,always try to use a top teir full synthetic oil changed at frequent intervals,grab a rag and clean inside of the pipes and just keep an eye on it.Z

 

[SoCalFlexin]

I would monitor it every oil change,a little bit of oil is normal and nothing to worry about,always try to use a top teir full synthetic oil changed at frequent intervals,grab a rag and clean inside of the pipes and just keep an eye on it.Z

out of curiosity what synthetic oil do you recommend? 

 

[ZSHO]

I would monitor it every oil change,a little bit of oil is normal and nothing to worry about,always try to use a top teir full synthetic oil changed at frequent intervals,grab a rag and clean inside of the pipes and just keep an eye on it.Z

out of curiosity what synthetic oil do you recommend?

I have tried Amsoil,Redline and currently use Royal purple,and looks like will be sticking with it,got a great deal on Amazon.Z        http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BNYMX2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[ajpturbo]

Amsoil signature series
Redline
Some but not all royal purple

These are the only true synthetics that use group IV/V base stock oils

All the over the counter stuff such as castrol syntec Mobil 1 and others are NOT true synthetics and use refined petroleum...meaning fake synthetic lol group III oil

 

[ZSHO]

The last pic is the inside of the pipe going to the throttle body


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I would use some mass air flow cleaner on that map sensor,looks like oil buildup,probably help with any hesitation your experiencing .Z

 

[66 Galaxie]

Looked at my '14 Flex ecoboost with 20k miles on it today.

Rear turbo pipe is bone dry with no evidence of any oil on it. I agree with the idea that it looks like a weak connection but don't think it should have oil build up even if you had a boost leak there.

Pipe leading to the throttle body was basically dry compared to yours.  It had evidence of very minor oil vapor which was only evident when wiping it.

You may want to check for oil build up in your intercooler and drain it if needed.

 

[IHeartGroceries]

Amsoil signature series
Redline
Some but not all royal purple

These are the only true synthetics that use group IV/V base stock oils

All the over the counter stuff such as castrol syntec Mobil 1 and others are NOT true synthetics and use refined petroleum...meaning fake synthetic lol group III oil

I guess I fail to understand why this matters.

AFAIK, it's only speculative that Amsoil uses a pure PAO basestock. And even so, what means do they have to use pure synthesized lubes? They don't have assets. So, what do they do? Either contract the refinement or synthesis of their base oils to a big oil refinery. Or, just purchase it in bulk. And then treat it with their proprietary additive packages. Perhaps their base is heavily Group IV, but I highly doubt it is pure. It definitely has some II or III in it.

It's just like the petrol market - there is literally an open market, trade and exchange for blendstock fuels. That means the Shell fuel refined at Motiva Port Arthur gets traded or sold to Exxon, and vise verse.
Well, it's the same for lubes. Basestocks are traded, sold and exchanged. It's the proprietary additive packages treated later which brands an oil, and makes it perform.

Don't base your oil choices on the proclaimed grouping of basestock. Base it on performance.

Try Pennzoil Platinum Pure Plus. It is their fairly new GTL basestock. They are quote proud of it. And it seems to perform quite well.

 

[Airbornemaikai]

I'm using the Pennzoil platinum pure plus, seems like a "clear" winner for me

 

[sunwolf]

I also have oil in the intake. I pointed it out to my dealer and they said it's normal.

 

[ShoBoat]

I have witnessed the same issue with my 13. Not as much oil though. A dirty or restrictive air filter will cause the problem to get worse, also any restriction to the PCV system can also make it worse and lastly too much oil in the pan can also cause a similar situation (over fill). I took mine in when I had a similar issue and the dealer said it was normal (I had 45K KM on mine at the time). I am still not sure what is normal, all I know is that it can accumulate in the CAC, and if you get on it on the expressway it will suck all that out of the CAC and into the intake. Risking vapour lock or just a shudder (which will be logged by the car as several misfires). Again this happened to me in the past (the shudder). A turbo upgrade and meth are my next mods to my ride, the OEM turbos can be a PITA when it comes to this issue, the dealers and Ford are not willing to do anything about it unless its really bad. With the stock tune it is difficult to replicate these conditions as it doesn't suck/blow as hard as good 93 tune. I know that the F150's have had similar issues with both water and oil in the CAC causing a shudder at WOT in higher gears (easier to replicate different turbos/cac) I would keep an eye on the level in the CAC. here is a link to the how to for the CAC,

http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,3056.0.html

Yours looks like it has a lot of oil in there, possibly a bad seal on the rear turbo. I would be pushing your dealer to replace it.

 

[66 Galaxie]

Looking at how the PCV system connects a bad seal on the rear turbo is the only way I can see oil leaking and creating build up on the pipe coming off of it.