Cam Phaser/Engine Failure Reports

Quaesta · Dec 17, 2018

Forzda 1 what do you do for a living?

FORZDA 1 · Dec 17, 2018

Quaesta said:
Forzda 1 what do you do for a living?

Systems Engineer

OPT PRIME · Dec 18, 2018

Obscure said:
Did Ford already attempt to somewhat fix this? I thought I saw where someone said they changed the part number for the cam phasers?

Part numbers as of Dec 2018

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FORZDA 1 · Dec 18, 2018

You have photo of the back side?

rtmozingo · Dec 19, 2018

Ruri said:
How do we know it’s affecting a few trucks?
Maybe the other owners don’t care about the noise or think it’s normal and never bring it in.

Has anyone gone through the repairs had the problems come back?

I've seen at least three cases of repeated failure. Back in July a friend was told new parts were coming to fix it end of that month, but I've heard nothing since (edit, looks like OPT confirmed there are new parts). Further, Ford has been fighting this issue for years and this gen ecoboost was supposed to directly address it. I've heard it was only a certain batch in 2018, but it appears based on this thread that's not the case.

I'm counting close to 35 now, assuming I haven't double counted someone here that was also on facebook. Out of 35,000 trucks, that isn't bad, but it is still worrying for the rest of us.

OPT PRIME said:
I’m not sure it’s a problem again. There is a ratcheting tensioner that works before the system presses up, perhaps a very faint rattle is normal before that point. We’ll see. I do think this is a problem that will affect every Raptor... at some point. It would be interesting to see the data, if it existed, between number of AUTO START/STOP events and mileage at failure. I have a lot of starting and stopping with the nature of where I live. The other gent with 50k+ on a 1.5 yo truck may have a longer commute that A: keeps RPMs lower B: minimizes starting and stopping.

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The transmission is noisy upon startup sometimes, sounds very close to the cam phaser rattle but comes from the transmission (you can clearly hear it). Many, many trucks do this, and everyone seems to think it is normal. Mine has rattled almost since new and shifts smoothly in all modes.

Miamibert · Dec 19, 2018

To be honest, the cam phaser issue is keeping me from doing a tune, I/C upgrade, etc. Almost stuck with reversible bolt-ons at this point.

Quaesta · Dec 19, 2018

Miamibert said:
To be honest, the cam phaser issue is keeping me from doing a tune, I/C upgrade, etc. Almost stuck with reversible bolt-ons at this point.

I am right there with you. My tuner is sitting in the center console just waiting to go...

Bhollier · Dec 19, 2018

I would be curious to know how many people with the cam phaser issue have a tune on their Raptor. It absolutely makes sense that failures can be related to continuous stop/ start of an engine.

Wfo · Dec 19, 2018

Bhollier said:
I would be curious to know how many people with the cam phaser issue have a tune on their Raptor. It absolutely makes sense that failures can be related to continuous stop/ start of an engine.

First order is to use forscan to disable that ********!

Miamibert · Dec 19, 2018

Wfo said:
First order is to use forscan to disable that ********!

I did that the first week.

Cam Phaser/Engine Failure Reports

Quaesta

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FORZDA 1

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OPT PRIME

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FORZDA 1

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rtmozingo

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Bhollier

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