Porpoise Hork
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Within this long and distinguished thread is the history of the Powerboost Exhaust Heat Exchanger leak.
The earliest victims experienced the combined "we have never seen this before" dealership response, and the unimaginable supply chain restraint of NO replacement exhaust heat exchanger available.
Some dealerships grounded the Powerboost and the owner would be without their vehicle for MONTHS.
Others were allowed to use their trucks and would add new coolant at the rate of the leak, until the replacement part arrived.
As the problem became better understood by Ford, they were able to shorten the delivery time. At times it would narrow to a few weeks, and for the very fortunate, just days.
Eventually Ford released documentation to the dealerships to NOT replace the complete assembly (exhaust heat exchanger and midpipe. ~$900) but rather just the plastic coolant hose couplers (tubes). I suspect before this documentation was released, these plastic tube/couplers weren't even available as a stand alone part?
Anyways, THAT is what these are that I ordered. And the intent is for me to have them available if my truck does spring a leak. I will HAVE them.
And of course if someone here finds their truck grounded for potential weeks, they can certainly get a set from me to rescue their truck.
Well I just ordered 4 of them.. Let's see who gets them first, the dealer or me..
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