When I had my 2012 F150 with the 3.5 ecoboost engine I had this issue occasionally. Ford’s fix at that time was a cover for the top half of the intercooler, blocking off half of it. That helped but on very humid days the problem was still there. Most people just removed that cover and drilled...
I must be a bit older yet, I remember $.199 as the normal price and $.149 during the price wars. This was before I started driving, it was in the $.20 something for the first few years I was driving.
Are they replacing only one or the entire set? The “not a truck” competitor is having a lot of fuel injector issues. They can only change them as a set with the fuel rail.
I had an 85 for many years but it’s been sold a long time ago. I saw some of those in New Zealand when I was there last year. Are they now being sold in the US?
It’s possible that you had air bubbles somewhere in the cooling system that worked it’s way out while you were off-roading. That along with a coolant over flow tank that may have been slightly overfilled caused the problem. Has there been any maintenance done that could have introduced air into...
My brother had a bug eyed sprite. He was in 70+ mph bumper to bumper traffic in LA when a chunk of 4X4 came out from under the truck ahead. He had a 4X4 and a complete exhaust system come out from under his sprite.
I had a 4 cylinder with 5 speed manual Aerostar we bought new in 1986 (IIRC). Power was ok, not great but I did tow an early bronco from Yuba City, CA to DFW with it. It was definitely underpowered while pulling the bronco. I put about 150K miles on it before trading it in on an Explorer.