[AT] OT- now Ford F150

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Mon Sep 13 17:13:45 PDT 2021


Thanks Steve, no check engine light has come on, sorry for the mix up
but it is a 2012. I would assume their would be no codes?

Mike M

On 9/13/2021 5:00 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> According to Nada Guides, there was a 4.6 V8 and a 5.4 V8 in model
> year 2010, and in model year 2011 they changed to a 3.7 V6 and a 5.0
> V8.   Sorry but I don't have a lot of input on the problem.  Clogged
> catalytic converter is definitely on the list based on the symptoms. 
> Fuel filter is another guess.  Apparently there's no Check Engine
> lamp?  I am still trying to think how oil pressure could play a role. 
> It shouldn't be able to get high, as there's always a relief valve in
> there somewhere.  What if that failed... what would high oil pressure
> do?  Well, really really stretching here but if there's any variable
> valve timing arrangement on that engine, they sometimes actuate it
> with oil pressure...
>
> SO
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 4:36 PM John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com
> <mailto:jtchall at nc.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     Somebody switch engines? Thought the 5.0 was long gone before 2010.
>     Think my son's 2002 is a 4.6?
>
>     John Hall
>
>     On 9/13/2021 4:28 PM, Mike M wrote:
>     > Hi all, I have a question about my daughters fiances truck. He has a
>     > 2010 or 2011 F-150 with a 5.0 V8 in it. He said it feels
>     sluggish on the
>     > highway, like he's dragging a boat anchor, and his oil pressure
>     seemed
>     > higher than normal. He changed the oil and filter the other day, and
>     > said the dipstick had some "stuff"on it, so he changed it again, no
>     > improvement. I suggested that he check his air filter to make sure a
>     > mouse or other critter didn't make a nest in there, but that was
>     fine.
>     > Any thoughts? I'm certainly no mechanic, but my only other
>     thought would
>     > be a catalytic converter that is clogging up .
>     >
>     > Thank-you,
>     > Mike M
>     >
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