For anyone interested , these are pretty easy to fix.



Drill the rivets out and split it apart , you can see where theses get corroded up inside .

 

When alls said and done - cleaned with alchohol and electric cleaner , it should look like this and not give you any problems for awhile. I'm still running my stock unit on my 98 -

 

Awesome. There was a post about this a while back but this one is super simple. I have gone through 2 on my truck. Mine have all been made of plastic and I've broken the hose outlets on them twice. Guess im too strong?

 

Huh , I didn't see anything posted on this before - do you have the link ?

I have a couple aluminum ones , that's why I decided to clean my stocker , although my DPFE has never failed in this truck the old one didn't look so hot lol ..

 

FYI, Ford had problems with the aluminum DPFE and replaced them with plastic ones. most should have the plastic DPFE. i think they even extended the warranty on them.

 

Yeah , but they had more problems with the plastic ones and that's why you can only get the updated ones from the dealerships now - they haven't released the new product to third party venders , yet..

 

Here you go jbrew

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...highlight=dpfe

 

Thanx , yup I remember that one , in fact that's what got me thinking about it . I thought you may be referring to another that slipped past me..
He should have posted pics on it .

I beleive in the aluminum ones the main prob was that white corrosion.
The plastic ones - Steve mentioned the prob with those once , but I can't recall what he said , nor can I find the thread.

 

haha no cats or EGR for me and no CEL lol so i dont think i wanna mess with it lol and make it read properly

 

alright Faster150 what have you done in detail? Awesome post jbrew on the DPFE.

 

Oh , you prolly freaked the nasty once you seen what's inside that little box

haha

 

faster i have a question for you...

are you sure the CEL even has a lightbulb in it? or atleast one that works? i learned that NEAT little trick after a year of driving it with no cats. finally lost a illum bulb so i went in after it and noticed i didnt have a lot of lights! sure nuff i had a check suspension light but no check engine... hmmm

brew, how come you keep your truck so clean?

 

Because the damn thing will rust if I don't - I keep it clean as I can in the winter . You seen the rust holes I fixed this year

Freakin salt !

 

Just letting you guys know - that one I cleaned 3 weeks ago , just failed.

So cleaning might no t work that well - it didn't for me..Dangit!!!

 

clean it again and see how long it goes? 3 weeks isnt long, so maybe you have an underlying problem?