How TO Install a Breather Filler on any SHO or Flex or Ecoboost - ALL YEARS

[irondoor19]

Do not want to Mess with the Removal of the Fill Plug/Sensor/Down Pipe ETC On your 2010 plus:.....

HOW TO Install the PTU Breather / Fill for PTU, On the Cheap...... "REVISED"

ALL YEARS ALL PLATFORMS - ALL PTU's have a Vent, they are different for Different years
and the Different Platforms, But Similar Enough that YOU CAN EASILY DO THIS

4 Ft of 5/16" Gas Line (1.49 a foot) at Auto Zone,  6.00 plus Tax
Breather Filter (I like this one - on Ebay) 6.00 to 12.50 Delivered

a bunch of these to choose from, Showing the one we installed on the 2011

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Pcs-12mm-Auto-Motorcycle-Cold-Air-Intake-Filter-Turbo-Vent-Crankcase-Breather-/272599379922?hash=item3f78306fd2

or Remove the breather / top off the Old Breather Filler (like we Did, and use it, so no cost)


1 - 5/8" Hose Clamp or Heavy Duty Tye Wrap @ the PTU (.50 ) about

Put the car up on the Rack,
Search around till you find the Breather Hose
Remove the Breather Hose,
Install the New 4' of 5/16" Hose,
install the Clamp (good Luck tightening it) or A Tye wrap (much easier)
Route up to a Location Near the battery or @ the Fire Wall
Install the Breather Filter....


NOW Drain and Fill in Minutes,  WE are Using 18 OZ of 85/140 Red Line, using Pump Filler,
takes about 10 Min Maximum to Fill, Make sure U remove the Pump from the Bottle Slowly
or the Pump from the Hose Slowly, Otherwise Pressure will Spew Gear Oil Everywhere...

"Hope this Easy Mod works for All Ecoboosters"

[Agentlongwood]

Does this also apply to the 2013+ Lincoln MKS? 

[SHOdded]

Not 100% sure, bcoz the part numbers for a 2010 Taurus PTU and 2013 MKS PTU are showing as different.  Although I would be tempted to say yes, the same in reality.

[Agentlongwood]

Really I'm just being lazy to avoid crawling under my car to find out if it has the breather on the PTU, lol. 

[irondoor19]

I have to believe this applies to all Ecoboost Platforms,
we will contact the SUPER parts guy and get an answer...

[Agentlongwood]

That would be awesome.  For some reason I was thinking only the performance pack, and police models had the breather/vent.  Or maybe after 2013 they all got it.  I fully admit I could be way off on that though...

[irondoor19]

That would be awesome.  For some reason I was thinking only the performance pack, and police models had the breather/vent.  Or maybe after 2013 they all got it.  I fully admit I could be way off on that though...

ALL YEARS - ALL PLATFORMS,
By Far the easiest mod we have done,
and the best bang for the buck.....

[SHOdded]

The difference on the PIs and 2013+ Pp, Flex and XSport is a drain plug and cooled/monitored system.

[Agentlongwood]

Ok, maybe that's what I remembered.  Not having a drain plug on my MKS means the process is still kind of a nightmare, right?  I have to snake a tube into that ridiculously positioned drain/fill hole on the side of the PTU, and suction the fluid out.  Or does this set up, make it easier even without a drain plug?

[SHOdded]

Well tbh, I am not familiar with the 13+ mks ptu setup.  I will have to check the fsm.  But if you do have a drain plug, the fsm tells you to remove the downpipe to access it.

[Agentlongwood]

I'm gunna feel REEAAAALLLL stupid if it turns out I had a drain plug lol.  I did that job the hard way, burning my hand, trying to wiggle a thing piece of tubing into the hole on the side of the PTU, lol.  It definitely sucked.

[SHOdded]

The FSM isn't real clear about it, since the instructions included are for both PTU types.  But the parts listing at Ford only shows 1 PTU for the 2013 MKS, and it is the non-drain plug version we know and love.

[Agentlongwood]

Well that sucks but it sounds about right.  I would assume the 2014 MKS is identical to the 2013, in terms of part number for the PTU. 

[SHOdded]

Correct

[irondoor19]

Ok, maybe that's what I remembered.  Not having a drain plug on my MKS means the process is still kind of a nightmare, right?  I have to snake a tube into that ridiculously positioned drain/fill hole on the side of the PTU, and suction the fluid out.  Or does this set up, make it easier even without a drain plug?

you could always Drill, Tap and install a drain Plug, or have your Local Shop Do it.. See Procedure:

https://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,8005.0.html

Hardest Part is finding a Lift to do this On....